‘A Sound of Thunder’ by Ray Bradbury

Question 1

What early warning is made about using the time machine for the safari?

Answer 1

• No guarentee he’ll come back alive + not responsible for anything that happens
• If he disobeyed instructions, there’s a stiff penalty of another ten thousand dollars + “possible government action on your return”

Question 2

What warning is made once they travel to the past?

Answer 2

• Dont touch or kill anything or it might change the future
• We don’t want to change the Future. We don’t belong here in the Past…Not knowing it, we might kill an important animal, a small bird, a roach, a flower even, thus destroying an important link in a growing species.”

Question 3

Setting (Time & Place) + of the story before the safari + How do you know (clues)?

Answer 3

• 1990 architechure
• 2010s rhinos and elephants (animals we recognize)
• Election footage: older screen
• Post world war 2 for sure

Question 4

Setting (Time & Place) of the safari (time travel)?

Answer 4

• Dinosaur alive jungle
• “sixty million two thousand and fifty five years ago”

Question 5

Why must hunters participating in the safari sign a release form before leaving for the hunt?

Answer 5

So that the company isn’t held responsible for anything that happens to you