“A Sound of Thunder”
In Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder,” the protagonist, a man named Eckels, pays a time travel company to take him on a trip back in time. Specifically, the purpose of the trip is to shoot a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Although the time travel company carefully plans the trip to avoid disturbing the course of history, it does not go as they plan because humans are not perfect. In fact, Bradbury conveys the idea that mankind is corrupt throughout the plot. The protagonist, setting, and other characters convey the theme of human corruptness to the reader. Throughout the story, the protagonist, especially, demonstrates the depravity of mankind. One reason is that Eckels is arrogant. To illustrate, he refers to “my dinosaur,” which
In Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder,” the protagonist, a man named Eckels, pays a time travel company to take him on a trip back in time. Specifically, the purpose of the trip is to shoot a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Although the time travel company carefully plans the trip to avoid disturbing the course of history, it does not go as they plan because humans are not perfect. In fact, Bradbury conveys the idea that mankind is corrupt throughout the plot. The protagonist, setting, and other characters convey the theme of human corruptness to the reader. Throughout the story, the protagonist, especially, demonstrates the depravity of mankind. One reason is that Eckels is arrogant. To illustrate, he refers to “my dinosaur,” which