Sound Of Thunder Foreshadowing

Every action has a consequence. Sometimes they can be good, but in the case of this story they are bad. In the theme of consequences in Ray Bradbury’s short story, “A Sound of Thunder,” the author uses the literary devices of symbols and foreshadowing to strengthen the theme.
Symbols play a big role in stories, especially this one. One symbol is colors. The author uses colors to describe what it looked like in the past. He uses colors to describe the trees, and the forest. He uses colors to describe what dinosaur to shoot. An example would be the green trees and the red paint on the shoot-able dinosaurs. He also uses it to describe the many differences that the butterfly makes to the present. An example would be that everything looks different but isn't. It is the way it has always been because the future was changed and nobody exempt the people on the trip know any different. It is how it has “always …show more content…
One example of foreshadowing is the big long speech that Travis gives to Eckles about the domino effect. Travis explains that one tiny little change could escalate as time goes on, and just get more more of a bigger problem. The changes are big. One change is the poster in the front of the safari place with all of the misspelled words. The biggest change, in my opinion is the President. Foreshadowing kind of made you think what was going to happen with the president, because they talk about how awful it would have been if the other guy was president and how Eckels would have been like kicked out or something. Then the bad guy becomes president and Eckles gets shot. It amazes me that one little butterfly changed all of these things. Who knows what would have happened if they killed the wrong dinosaur. The world might not even be here in the story. One thing that does make me wonder though, is if all of this stuff has changed, are Eckels and Travis still actually in existence? Sometimes foreshadowing is hidden in a