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Have you ever wondered what it was like to be the prey, or what it was like to step off the path? There is consequences that were lead to being the prey. Also there were consequences from stepping off the path. The characters in both of the stories both made mistakes because they did not follow the directions that were gave to them. “A sound of thunder” and “being prey” have similarities and differences. The setting of “A sound of thunder” takes place in a prehistoric jungle. “Being prey” takes place in modern day Africa. Both of the stories both take place in outdoors. The location in “sound of thunder” is back in time when dinosaurs were around. The location in “being prey” is in a swamp where the crocodiles are.

The similarities of “sound of thunder” and “being prey”. The both of the stories are similar because the characters do not follow the directions that were given to them. One way that they are similar is when Eckels gets frightened when he steps off of the path because the dinosaurs were coming and that is what caused him to step off the path and kill the butterfly. Val plumwood took the wrong turn down the river. When she took the wrong turn that is what caused her to be the prey. They are similar
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In the “sound of thunder” they were traveling back in time to kill dinosaurs. During the adventure Eckels was not ready to go. I know he was not ready to go because he kept asking questions about the adventure. During the adventure eckels step on a butterfly and that caused the future to change because he stepped on a butterfly. In “being prey” Val plumwood was ready to go on the canoe because she has done It before. But she noticed it starting to rain and the canoe starting to fill up with water. So she decided to get out of the canoe, and she went down the wrong river. That is what caused her to be attacked by a crocodile. She was attacked several times and she finally got

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