This answer addresses the resolution of the central conflict in Ray Bradbury's "The Sound of Thunder." The conflict rests on whether or not time travelers can visit prehistoric times and avoid changing their present time. The resolution to this conflict occurs at the end of the story, when the time travelers return home and discover that their egalitarian government has been replaced by a brutal, repressive regime. Even the language has changed. Then one of the travelers discovers that he has crushed a butterfly to death; it is still clinging to the sole of his shoe. It is then that he realizes that it was he who made huge, regrettable changes in the future by one simple, apparently harmless act. It is implied that he is then killed by another traveler. The resolution: A thoughtless act results in the death of one butterfly, which in turn changes the government of an entire society for the worse.
Eckels realizes that he caused major chaos and Travis shoots him.
the year the story takes place is 2055
At the end of the story Eckels die.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
science fiction / time travel
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Eckels realizes that he caused major chaos and Travis shoots him.
Eckels realizes that he caused major chaos and Travis shoots him.
the year the story takes place is 2055
The onomatopoeia in "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury is the sound of the gun firing. The word "BANG" is used in the story to represent this loud noise.
At the end of the story Eckels die.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
science fiction / time travel
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A sound of thunder can refer to both the booming noise of the dinosaur and the shot that Travis fires that kills Eckels at the end of the story. As an expression, 'the sound of thunder', as described in the essay linked below, written or spoken is used to illustrate the power of something coming as the sound of thunder foretells a coming storm.
Thunder is the sound of lightning, because lightning moves faster then sound it takes a few seconds for the sound to catch up. So there is no sound of thunder, thunder is just the sound of lightning.
A Sound of Thunder was created in 1952.