In the short story, “A Sound of Thunder” written by Ray Bradbury, he tries to portray a message through his writing about human behavior. Bradbury attempts to teach us a lesson through the actions of his main character, Eckels. Eckels suffers through the lesson that one small event can have a major impact on the future. Bradbury conveys that small changes can have big consequences by making the reader think before you act, trusting your instincts and how Eckels’ actions are relative to killing of a butterfly.
Firstly, Eckels does not think before he acts and he certainly does not think about the consequences to his actions. This is a key feature to the theme that small actions can have big impacts on the future. In the beginning of the story Eckels reads a sign saying, “TIME SAFARI, INC. SAFARIS TO ANY YEAR IN THE PAST. YOU NAME THE ANIMAL. WE TAKE YOU THERE. YOU SHOOT IT.” , which gives him an interest in hunting dinosaurs. As the story continues and we follow Eckels into the time machine, he is overcome with excitement and a feeling of adventure which makes him override the thoughts of nervousness in his head and enters the machine …show more content…
Some people naturally have the instinct and some people have to face a dangerous situation to realize their gut instinct. On the Path to find the dinosaur, Eckels starts to talk himself out of shooting the creature. When Eckels sees the dinosaur they are going to kill for the first time he feels like “The rifle in his hands seemed a cap gun.” and when Eckels is up to shoot first shot, he realizes that, "It can't be killed, We were fools to come. This is impossible." Anyone who would be up to hunting a dinosaur would want to get it over as fast as possible, but Eckels body goes numb and his mind blank. He hesitates and runs from the dinosaur and runs off the path. This shows the reader that trusting your instinct is crucial to being in a dangerous
Firstly, Eckels does not think before he acts and he certainly does not think about the consequences to his actions. This is a key feature to the theme that small actions can have big impacts on the future. In the beginning of the story Eckels reads a sign saying, “TIME SAFARI, INC. SAFARIS TO ANY YEAR IN THE PAST. YOU NAME THE ANIMAL. WE TAKE YOU THERE. YOU SHOOT IT.” , which gives him an interest in hunting dinosaurs. As the story continues and we follow Eckels into the time machine, he is overcome with excitement and a feeling of adventure which makes him override the thoughts of nervousness in his head and enters the machine …show more content…
Some people naturally have the instinct and some people have to face a dangerous situation to realize their gut instinct. On the Path to find the dinosaur, Eckels starts to talk himself out of shooting the creature. When Eckels sees the dinosaur they are going to kill for the first time he feels like “The rifle in his hands seemed a cap gun.” and when Eckels is up to shoot first shot, he realizes that, "It can't be killed, We were fools to come. This is impossible." Anyone who would be up to hunting a dinosaur would want to get it over as fast as possible, but Eckels body goes numb and his mind blank. He hesitates and runs from the dinosaur and runs off the path. This shows the reader that trusting your instinct is crucial to being in a dangerous