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Compare And Contrast A Sound Of Thunder

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Paying 10,000 dollars to go back in the past and kill a dinosaur, sounds like an amazing time. “A Sound of Thunder”, written by Ray Bradbury, is a wonderful short film and story. It delivers a strong idea that will make many wonder. Ray Bradbury is also able to express such a lively feeling with his descriptive style of writing. Now, between the story and film, there are many similarities and differences such as the path and the missing oxygen helmets. There are also a couple things that would be changed if instead of Bradbury, I myself wrote the story.

Believe it or not, “A Sound of Thunder” has a few similarities between the short film and the story. One major resemblance in both the film and story is the path. The path is a metal, …show more content…

In the beginning of “A Sound of Thunder”, before Eckels enters the time machine, he tells the man behind the desk he is glad Keith is president. They go on to discuss the other candidate, Deutscher, and how he would have been a terrible choice. I believe this part of the story is pretty pointless because it does not really go into detail of the two candidates, explaining deeply why one was good and one was not. Taking this out and putting a description of the time machine in great detail would have been better. The reason for this is because the story does not contain a description of it at all, and the time machine held an important part. Moving on, another part of the story that will be better differently is when Bradbury went on to describe the death of the tyrannosaurus. Bradbury describes it in such detail, it is kind of overwhelming. Taking out the part where he describes the tyrannosaurus falling after being shot, and adding dialogue between Travis and Eckels would make it greatly better. The reason for this is because Travis needs to yell at Eckels for backing out, since Eckels technically agreed not to by going on the trip. Lastyly, the ending. The ending is short and abrupt, making the readers of it wondering and confused. Bradbury needs to explain how killing Eckels can make things start over, instead of just ending it with “A Sound of

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In the short story, “A sound of Thunder”, Ray Bradbury used figurative language to make a bigger impact on the story. When Eckels goes into the office he sees and hears, “... A sound like a gigantic bonfire burning all of Time, all the years and all the parchment calendars- all the hours piled high and set aflame.” The author, Ray Bradbury, wanted his audience to have a specific image set in the audience’s head. By using a simile he help the reader imagine how Eckle’s is going to get to the past.

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It is a Fictional story with some factual matter. You can obviously not time travel yet but if someone had made a mistake in the past to it would "Change the course of history" as Eckels said. In "A Sound of Thunder" he

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Critical Essay: The Sound of Thunder vs Nethergrave The Sound of Thunder by Bradbury and the Nethergrave by Skurzynski were to different stories written by two outstanding authors. Both books go into depth about how scientific technology have so much influence in changing lives of individuals and the people around them. These to compelling stories are different but yet so some similarities that will keep you interested. In the Sound of Thunder, we are introduced to a guy name Eckels who has to deal with the consequences which he brought on himself when he decided to try a new technological that he wasn’t really ready for.

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The theme of Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" is enhanced by his use of foreshadowing throughout the story. The story follows a man named Eckles on his journey to the past on a hunt for a real dinosaur. As the events in the past unfold, Eckles ultimately alters the future forever by taking a small step off the Path. The path is there to make sure the time travelers do not affect the future. Unfortunately, Eckles learns the true consequences of his actions when he returns to a changed future.

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Although both Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park, and Ray Bradbury, author of A Sound of Thunder, use foreshadowing, A Sound of Thunder creates more suspense for readers. Both are excellent, but Bradbury uses outstanding diction to emphasize the importance of certain events in the plot. While the pair of stories are equally well written, A Sound of Thunder uses it's foreshadowing to allure readers into continuing the short story.   In A Sound of Thunder, there are many instances of suspenseful foreshadowing.

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For example, he uses futuristic ideas, imagery, and most of all suspense. Suspense is used throughout many of his short stories like “A Sound of Thunder”, “The Pedestrian”, and “The Veldt”. In the story “A Sound of Thunder” the literary element being used throughout the story is suspense. In this story, a group of people are going in a Time Travel Safari to hunt for a T-Rex.

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The setting “sets the stage” for all the events that will happen throughout the story. The theme of “A Sound of Thunder” is something small can have a big impact. In other words, one small action can have big consequences. Throughout the whole story, the setting allows the theme to build. When Travis, Eckels, and the other men first arrive in the past Travis is warning them of the consequences that could come if they step off the path and enter the jungle.

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