A Sound of Thunder - 2
A sound of thunder
In the short story “A sound of thunder” a group of hunters goes back in time to kill the biggest game. It starts off where a man named Eckels is talking to the man behind the desk and has given him the required ten thousand dollars. The man behind the desk then gives him a few words of advice and talks a little about politics then sends him off to the time machine. Once they were all in the time machine with all the guns and supplies they set off to go back in time to kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex. While in the machine they tested their helmets and intercoms then the machine came to a stop and they stepped out on to the metal path. They are not allowed to step off of this path because otherwise they could change the future forever. They begin to walk down the path in search of their big game that has been marked with red paint. Finally they hear the sounds of the T-Rex and once it is in sight Eckels panics and runs off screaming almost getting everyone killed. Travis the leader of the group orders them to fire and kill the T-Rex. Once the T-Rex is dead Eckels manages to get back to them but with dirt on his shoes, he had run off the metal path. Travis is yelling at him saying that he could have gotten everyone killed, and Eckels is begging for him not to tell anyone that he has run off of the path, he also offers to pay more money. Travis then says no prove your sorry by digging out all the bullets in the T-Rex’s head as he tosses him a knife. Once all the bullets are out, they head back to the time machine and turns it on and begins the journey back to their time period. Once they arrive back to where they came from Travis asks if everything is okay and they reply yes nothing different. But just as they think everything is okay Eckels looks at the sign and relies that it is different and that it is a different alphabet. Then they look at Eckels shoes and see that he had killed a butterfly and once they relies that Travis takes a gun and shoots and
In the short story “A sound of thunder” a group of hunters goes back in time to kill the biggest game. It starts off where a man named Eckels is talking to the man behind the desk and has given him the required ten thousand dollars. The man behind the desk then gives him a few words of advice and talks a little about politics then sends him off to the time machine. Once they were all in the time machine with all the guns and supplies they set off to go back in time to kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex. While in the machine they tested their helmets and intercoms then the machine came to a stop and they stepped out on to the metal path. They are not allowed to step off of this path because otherwise they could change the future forever. They begin to walk down the path in search of their big game that has been marked with red paint. Finally they hear the sounds of the T-Rex and once it is in sight Eckels panics and runs off screaming almost getting everyone killed. Travis the leader of the group orders them to fire and kill the T-Rex. Once the T-Rex is dead Eckels manages to get back to them but with dirt on his shoes, he had run off the metal path. Travis is yelling at him saying that he could have gotten everyone killed, and Eckels is begging for him not to tell anyone that he has run off of the path, he also offers to pay more money. Travis then says no prove your sorry by digging out all the bullets in the T-Rex’s head as he tosses him a knife. Once all the bullets are out, they head back to the time machine and turns it on and begins the journey back to their time period. Once they arrive back to where they came from Travis asks if everything is okay and they reply yes nothing different. But just as they think everything is okay Eckels looks at the sign and relies that it is different and that it is a different alphabet. Then they look at Eckels shoes and see that he had killed a butterfly and once they relies that Travis takes a gun and shoots and