Question

Task 3. Answer the questions. (Ответьте на вопросы) 1. Who is the author of the story “A sound of thunder”? 2. What type of story is it? 3. When was the story written? 4. Who is the main character of the story? 5. Where does it take place? 6. What mustn’t the hunters do during the trip? 7. Why is the main guide extremely angry with Eckel? 8. How does the story end?

Answer 1

1. Ray Bradbury is the author of the story "A sound of thunder".
2. "A Sound of Thunder" is a science fiction short story.
3. The story was written in 1952.
4. Eckels is the main character of the story.
5. The story takes place in 2055 and in the late Cretaceous period.
6. The hunters mustn't leave a levitating path to avoid changing the future. They also must kill only the animals they are told they can kill.
7. The main guide extremely angry with Eckels, because Eckels is annoying and arrogant.
8. At the end of the story Eckels returns to 2055 and discovers that he has changed the future by stepping on a butterfly.

Answer 2

1. The author of the story "A Sound of Thunder" is Ray Bradbury. 2. "A Sound of Thunder" is a science fiction story. 3. The story was written in 1952. 4. The main character of the story is Eckels. 5. The story takes place in both the present day and the prehistoric past. 6. During the trip, the hunters must not step off the designated path. 7. The main guide, Travis, becomes extremely angry with Eckels because he steps off the path and disturbs the course of history by killing a butterfly in the past. 8. The story ends with Eckels returning to the present and realizing that the course of history has been irrevocably changed. He sees that small changes caused by the butterfly's death have drastically altered the future, with different political leaders and a different language. This realization fills Eckels with fear and regret.