Trinity Moore Mrs. Humphrey AP English 1/31/18 Short Story Anthology Assessment The short story novel A Sound of Thunder, written by Ray Bradbury, is filled with stories about adventure, space, loneliness, and more. What I interpreted from the book was that Bradbury used these stories to explain that humans have or will begin to isolate themselves from each other and earth itself. Beginning with the first story, “The Fog Horn,” This story is one of the most bitter stories in the entire book. Bradbury uses the words lonely, cry, deep, and alone many times throughout the story to make sure the reader understands that he wants the tone of this to be depressing. One example to show how he uses his words is when he wrote “…: the Deeps. There’s all the coldness and darkness and deepness in a word like that.” (5) That sentence is very clear about the tone being cold. This is the first story of the book so it should have a lot of impact to show how the rest of the book will be and it helped the reader understand how the theme for the book will revolve around loneliness or isolation. The following story is the “Powerhouse” which involves a woman who keeps talking about how religion is one thing she could never get into. She also feels lonely and tense, but when she becomes one with everyone in the world, she realized she was no longer alone and began to have faith. This story helps the reader understand that Bradbury is trying to explain or argue that we are all connected even