A Sound of Thunder
Theme: The teaching of the story is that even little
things can make enormous changes in our lives and futures.
Voice: The story is narrated in the third person, he
describes how Eckels feels and his thoughts.
Tone: The author’s attitude is critical and a little
bit aggressive, as we can see in the dialogues between the characters.
Mood: The narrator’s point of view is intense and
describes Eckels’ point of view.
PLOT ELEMENTS
Rising actions: When Eckels wants to time travel, he goes to
the past and leaves the way he had to walk on.
Climax: When, as a punishment, Eckels has to search
for the missing bullets.
Falling actions: They return to the present.
Resolution: Eckels sees that he has killed a butterfly,
then he observes the room and realizes that some details have changed, then he
asks who won the elections and discovers that the one who did it was the one
who would lead them into a dictatorship, Deutscher, a militarist, anti-Christ,
anti-human, and anti-intellectual. Then Travis points to him and kills
him.
New resolution: They return to the present and discover anything has changed, but Eckels is banned from time travel ever again.
By María Mónica Cerpa, Step 8 Yellow.
