He managed to find his way back to the time machine. They all hear a cracking sound - the tree branch has now fallen on top of the dinosaur as had been observed. Upon seeing Eckels, Travis decrees that he cannot return to the future - he sees the mud on his boots and knows that he walked off the path.
They have no idea how much damage Eckels has caused for future generations and species. Travis relents a bit though, and allows Eckels to return to the future as long as he removes the bullets from the monster's skull. Eckels returns drenched in blood and passes out immediately after returning the bullets to Travis. Travis is still outraged and threatens to kill Eckels, but ultimately they clean up and begin to travel back to present day.
When they exit the time machine, Travis anxiously checks in with the man behind the desk to see if everything is ok, and the man tells him it is. The man, however, is acting a bit differently than when they left for the safari, and Eckels notices a strange smell in the air.
It's faint, but something is different. He looks around him trying to figure out what has changed. The immediate thing that he noticed had changed was the sign upon the wall. The words were spelled differently, and Eckels begins to panic, seeing firsthand the repercussions of his stroll off of the path. He sits down and inspects himself, particularly the bottoms of his shoes. You know damn well. Deutscher, of course! Who else? The death of the butterfly has resulted in the future being changed - a different man won the presidency of the United States, and people believe he will be a dictator.
Eckels cries out in disbelief, begging to return to the past and somehow undo what he has done. He sits down with his eyes closed and senses Travis enter the room; Travis breathes loudly and takes the safety off of his rifle. Suddenly, all Eckels hears is a sound of thunder and he is dead.
In "A Sound of Thunder," Bradbury offers a poignant and effective interpretation of the dangers of time travel and possible ripple effects, highlighting our interconnectivity with one another.
He also explores the connections between the past, present, and future, and he does it through vivid descriptions and gripping narrative. Bradbury's prolific ability to paint a vivid picture shines in his description of Tyrannosaurus Rex, the prey that the hunters have come to kill. Metaphors fill his descriptions. The dinosaur has "watchmaker's claws," pistons for legs, and thighs of steel 6.
It ran like a ballerina but loomed like an evil god. As effective as the metaphors are on their own, they are even more powerful when juxtaposed with one another as well as the more realistic descriptors of the dinosaur.
He elucidates this further by giving an example of how the killing of even a small living organism might disrupt the food chain, further hindering the procreation of different species and even the conception of the whole humankind. It is obvious that the company has complete control over the conditions of safari, which in fact, is their hubris.
He instructs the hunters not to touch anything there and that they will be fined if they fail to do so. The stillness of the moment when they wait for the kill builds up tension and suspense. As they venture out on the levitating path in search of the Tyrannosaurus, Eckels loses his nerve and gets scared. Travis and the other hunters brace up for the encounter.
This is used twice in the narrative which is indicative of mortality and death. A series of metaphors are used to describe the prey. As Eckels gets frightened, Travis tells him to go to the time machine and wait for them. Travis is furious with him as he is the first one who is supposed to shoot; the delay might cost them their lives.
Eckels runs blindly towards the time machine, and steps off the levitating path, sinking his feet into green moss. He makes the fatal mistake of intervening with the wilderness of pre-historic times. Meanwhile, the other two hunters and Travis manage to kill the Tyrannosaurus.
The hunters cannot even take any souvenir of the hunt with them, and after this terrifying encounter, they decide not to take even a photograph. Soon after that, the tree falls on the dinosaur, which is actually how it had died all those years ago.
Travis is utterly furious with Eckels when he sees mud on his boots and threatens to leave him in the past, and as a punishment orders him to remove the bullets from the body of the dinosaur.
Eckels returns after removing the bullets with great difficulty and faints. As they return to the present , they immediately feel the change. The others make their way back to the time machine, and Travis is furious at Eckels, proclaiming that they cannot take him back to the future after some mud on his boots reveals that he has stepped off the path. He returns with the bullets, arms bloodied, and the party goes home.
When they arrive, Travis asks the man behind the desk if everything is okay, and the man reassures him everything is fine. Eckels notices that things are subtly but indescribably different, and a sign on the wall has words spelled differently. Eckels begins to panic after seeing how his actions have changed things.
He inspects his shoes and finds, imbedded in the mud, a gold and black butterfly. He asks the officer who has won the election, and he replies that it is Deutscher. The guide themes, chapter outlines and character summaries are more detailed than other sites. The information is chapter specific and so it's easy to target certain things.
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