Eckel Foreshadowing

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In this short story the character are in the future the year is 2055. The main character is named Eckels who goes to a place called TIme Safari Inc. to travels back in time because he wants to hunt a T-Rex also know was the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
There is a lot of foreshadowing in an election that had happened before they left back in time. It was for the President of the United States of America. It was between Keith and Deutscher. The foreshadowing stated when the keep bring up Keith had won the election. (pg.40) In the end for Eckel killing a butterfly Deutscher wins.
There was more foreshadowing when Travis keep bring up don’t step off the path it could change the our timeline. (pg.41) When the leave for the big game hunt Eckles realises

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