In class we read Ray Bradbury's short story, A Sound of Thunder. This story used the idea of the Butterfly Effect, which correlates to Ian Malcolm and the Chaos Theory in Jurassic Park. The Butterfly Effect is the idea of cause and effect. If a butterfly flaps its wings in one place, there could be a rainstorm in another. If a hunter goes to the past and touches anything, it
could completely change the future. In this case, Eckels is taken on a 'hunting safari' to the past which is carefully planned out by the hunting guides. They only kill animals that would have died so that they do not change the future. Eckels is warned of this but still goes off of the path. He is forced to go retreive the bullets from the dinosaur because they can also cause changes in the future. When they return to the future, everything is spelled differently and the facist candidate has won the presidential election. When Eckels went off of the path, he stepped on a butterfly which brings a literal sence to the Butterfly Effect in the story, since the butterfly could not flap its wings, certain events could not happen in the future. We also watched The Simpsons episode, Time and Punishment in class which is similar to the short story we read. Homer travels back in time and keeps touching things so every time he goes back to the future, there is a big change.
could completely change the future. In this case, Eckels is taken on a 'hunting safari' to the past which is carefully planned out by the hunting guides. They only kill animals that would have died so that they do not change the future. Eckels is warned of this but still goes off of the path. He is forced to go retreive the bullets from the dinosaur because they can also cause changes in the future. When they return to the future, everything is spelled differently and the facist candidate has won the presidential election. When Eckels went off of the path, he stepped on a butterfly which brings a literal sence to the Butterfly Effect in the story, since the butterfly could not flap its wings, certain events could not happen in the future. We also watched The Simpsons episode, Time and Punishment in class which is similar to the short story we read. Homer travels back in time and keeps touching things so every time he goes back to the future, there is a big change.
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