A Sound Of Thunder Quote Analysis

Poor decisions in life can impact oneself and others in ways one doesn't expect. As evidenced by ¨Romeo and Juliet¨ and ¨Sound of thunder¨ by William Shakespeare and Ray Bradbury choices one makes can cause severe mental harm by spawning many negative feeling like guilt, rage, ego and excess pride.

In the book sound of thunder, the character Eckles makes many decisions which impact the outcome of his adventure to the past. When he is adventuring in the ancient safari and looks at what kind of a monster he has chosen to hunt, he says¨Get me out of here¨¨I was never like this before. I was always sure I’d come through alive. I had good guides, good safaris, and safety. This time, I figured wrong. I’ve met my match and admit it. This is too much for me to get hold of.” this Quote shows how much he regrets his decision to choose an animal which he is not even sure that he could kill. Eckels realizes that he is a fool to think that hunting beings from hundreds of millions of years would be as easy as his previous hunts which included modern-day creatures like a tiger or a wild boar. He is very scared because of the realization that he would not be able to kill this animal

instead this animal would kill him, we can infer from his decision that Eckles is a very timid person, and hugely relies on is companions while hunting. When Eckles notices something strange about the atmosphere after coming back to the present he reads the signboard and notices that the spellings of various words have changed that he has killed a prehistoric butterfly, he does this"Eckels gave out a long, low cry as if in pain. He dropped to his knees. He tried to pick up the green and gold butterfly with shaking fingers. "Can't we," he pleaded to the world, to himself, to the
officials, to the Machine, "can't we take it back, can't we make it alive again? Can't we start over?
Can't we..." Through this passage, we can infer that Eckels realizes his mistake and regrets his decisions of ever using the time machine and going off the path during the hunt. These decisions change Eckles life and the Life of everyone on earth. His careless decision of going off the path has cost him his life because Travis kills him in the end as a punishment for the damage he has caused the world.

Another example of poor decision making is from Scarlet Ibis in which the brother of a special needs child accidentally shortens his brother's life just by making bad choices," The knowledge that Doodle's and my plans had come to naught was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened.

I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far back with a wall of rain dividing us. The drops stung my face like nettles, and the wind flared the wet glistening leaves of the bordering trees. "The author forgets that his brother is very fragile and that rain and cold can kill him. This decision made in a split second and out of cruelty cost him his brother's life, he will never forget his loss. In the book Rome and Juliet, we see some other example of poor decision making," I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s

retire:
The day is hot, the Capulets abroad, And, if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl; For now, these hot days is the mad blood stirring.
"says Benvolio, If Mercutio has listened to this warning by Benvolio, perhaps he might still be alive and would never have had to fight Tybalt who kills him. This is an outcome of poor decision making by Mercutio.

In conclusion, decision making should be taken seriously and not left to chance. The world would not have changed, Eckles, Mercutio, and Doodle would not be dead if they all took responsibility and considered their choices clearly. The Decisions made by people affect them and sometimes others more strongly than they could have imagined.