A Sound Of Thunder Movie And Book Comparison Essay

The story, A Sound of Thunder, by Ray Bradbury was an amazing short novel in which was well received by many. But, in early 2000’s there was a movie adaptation of the short novel written by Ray Bradbury. The movie was directed by Peter Hyams, and many questioned what similarities were between the movie and the short novel. In the movie, many things were taken out and changed from the short story. But, at the same time, many things were the same as the story. For instance, the characters in the movie stayed the same, just as in the short story. But then again, some characters were added in the film adaptation that were not in the story. Another similarity is the most of the main plot of the movie was the same as the short story. Peter Hyams used and transformed the

One of them is the character Travis, “This Is Mr. Travis, your safari guide in the past” (Bradbury 1). To explain, Peter uses Travis as the safari guide in the movie, just as Ray used Travis as one in the book. But a way he transformed the story, is that in the novel they are not able to meet themselves in the past, but in the movie, they were fully able to. “’That’d be a paradox,’” said the latter. “’Time doesn’t permit that sort of mess-a man meting himself’” (Bradbury 4). Many who watched the film criticized it for not being closely similar/ comparable to the short novel, but in a way Peter used the story as a foundation for the movie. Another way peter transformed the story is the effect of change, “A little error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion” (Bradbury 4). Furthermore, Ray used the time effect as something like a presidential election or a butterfly, Peter uses just the butterfly effect, but in a different way. Peter Yhams transformed and crated the movie based on the short novel by Ray Bradbury in many interesting and cool