A Sound Of Thunder Foreshadowing Analysis

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A Sound of Thunder: Foreshadowing
“Say we accidentally kill one mouse here. That means all the future families of this one particular mouse are destroyed, right?” is foreshadowing that if you kill a mouse the foxes will need those mice to survive. One of a dozen goes hunting for food. If you destroy one you destroy a race, people, and the entire history. A stomp of a mouse could start an earthquake and it could affect the shaking of the earth, destinies down through time. Also if he shoots at any animals without red paint on them that will be a penalty too. “I didn't realize it would be this big.” Eckel said he wants out because he miscalculated and the Tyrannosaurus heard them talking. They see the red paint on its chest and the Tyrannosaurus

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