FORESHADOWING A Sound of Thunder What is foreshadowing

FORESHADOWING A Sound of Thunder

What is foreshadowing Author uses imagery, language, and/or symbolism to hint at future events in the story These clues can be subtle or evident

• They draw attention to the sign at the entrance at the beginning of the story. The sign • It is something they want you to remember and foreshadows the end results of their adventure back in time TIME SAFARI, INC. SAFARISINC. TO ANY TIME SAFARI, IN THE SAFARISYEAR TO ANY YEAR IN THEPAST. YOU YOUNAMETHE ANIMAL. WE TAKE YOU THERE. IT. THERE. YOU SHOOT IT.

Attention to his physicality § "Warm phlegm gathered in Eckels' throat; he swallowed and pushed it down" *Page 1, paragraph 3*

Physicality § "Eckels swayed on the padded seat, his face pale, his jaw stiff. He felt the trembling in his arms and he looked down and found his hands tight on the new rifle. "

Physicality § But he does not have control over his own life. The hints of his descriptors give us a subtle hint for his fate at the end of the book

Guarantee? § "We guarantee nothing, " said the official, "except the dinosaurs. “ § Page 1 paragraph 5

Time Machine Description § When first describing the time machine to the readers, Eckles uses powerful traits as descriptors

Time Machine Description § Ex: § “Mass and tangle, a snaking and humming of wires” § “Bonfire burning all of Time” § “Hours piled high and set aflame” Page 1, paragraph 6

Attention to the Election § “Thank God Keith won” § “the worst kind of dictatorship” § “There's an anti everything man for you, a militarist, anti Christ, anti human, anti intellectual. ” Page 2, paragraphs 1 + 2

Attention to the Election § Indication that the election was something we should pay attention to § Results would be impacted by their expedition to the past

Don’t leave the path warnings • “Stay on the Path. Don't go off it. I repeat. Don't go off. For any reason! If you fall off, there’s a penalty. ” • Page 3 paragraph 8

Don’t leave the path #2 § They put particular emphasis of the potential havoc that will ensue if Eckels does not stay on the path. The dangers are very strategically described so that the readers are on guard for the climax of the story

Travis' monologue § “Eventually it all boils down to this: fifty nine million years later, a caveman, one of a dozen on the entire world, goes hunting wild boar or saber toothed tiger food. But you, friend, have stepped on all the tigers in that region. By stepping on one single mouse. So the caveman starves. ” § “Step on a mouse and you crush the Pyramids. Step on a mouse and you leave your print, like a Grand Canyon, across Eternity. ” § Page 3, paragraph 4

The Guns § § § “Their blue metal guns across their knees. ” Page 3 paragraph 4 "Don't even aim for fun, blast you! If your guns should go off Page 5 paragraph 10 “The rifle in his hands seemed a cap gun. ” Page 7 paragraph 3

Travis and Lesperance’s shared look § When Eckels asks Lesperance if he had passed the hunters on his way back to the present, and whether they had all made it out alright, Travis and Lesperance glance at one another before answering

Travis and Lesperance’s shared look “Travis and Lesperance gave each other a look” § Page 5, paragraph 4 §

Threats to his life § “I'm warning you, Eckels, I might kill you yet. ” § Page 10 paragraph 11

Why the use of foreshadowing was so effective • Because it engaged the audience and creates curiosity and intrigue in the story • It integrates ideas into the story

Why the use of foreshadowing was so effective § It prepares the audience for important events to come in the story § Allows us to predict and hypothesize as to what will happen throughout the story

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