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“A Sound of Thunder” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury that includes a man named Eckels who enters Time Safari, Inc., to time travel. Time Safari, Inc. is a company that offers safaris to those who want to go hunting back in time. When Eckels offers his $10,000 check to go on a safari, he asks if the company guarantees that hunters will come back alive from the past. However, the company does not guarantee anything except encountering dinosaurs. Hunters are supposed to obey their guides and only shoot what they are told to shoot. Before they leave, Eckels reviews that everyone is happy that President Keith was elected and how bad it would have been if the other candidate, Deutscher, won the election. When the hunters leave for the

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