A Sound Of Thunder Summary

In A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, the reader realizes that small things can make a huge difference. A Sound of Thunder is about a company that sends hunting safaris into the past to hunt rare and extinct animals. This specific instance details the corporation sending a time safari to hunt a T-Rex. The safari members are specifically told to refrain from touching the ground while they are in the past so that the future is maintained in its current state. Upon arrival one member of the safari kills a butterfly, resulting in time's alteration. The author writes, “You first annihilate one, then a dozen, then a thousand, a million, a billion possible mice!” (3). To further enforce the effect small things can have on the future, Bradbury