‘The Butterfly Effect’ In a short story written by Ray Bradbury called ‘A Sound of Thunder’ a man named Eckels is intrigued when he finds himself in the office of Time Safari, Inc., a company that offers safaris that take hunters to any time in the past to hunt any animal they want. Eckels is soon introduced to Mr. Travis, the guide who will lead this safari. Later, Travis and Eckels enter the time machine, along with three others. The machine kicks into operation and the men soon arrive in the midst of a jungle that existed about 60,000,000 years before. As they quickly arrive, Travis talks about a metal path into the jungle which he stresses not to step off of on their journey. When Eckels asks why that is, Travis explains that the company does not want to take any chances by changing anything at all about the future. Surely, Travis is most likely hinting something as small as picking a flower or killing an insect in the past could severely change the future; ‘The Butterfly Effect’. …show more content…
The main character, George Bailey, is a business man and he is very focused on money and his work, leaving almost zero time for his wife and children. After a serious crisis that happens with George’s business he ends up contemplating suicide. However, an angel appears, hoping to save George’s life and to reveal to George what really matters in his life. The angel shows George a different life setting; a life if he was never born. George Bailey sees what could have been from a slight change in the past. From this eye-opening experience George Bailey soon realizes what exactly is important in his