Everyday, millions of creatures all over the planet are born, dying, consuming, creating an infinity of possibilities. There is a vast collection of alternate timelines and universes with an endless amount of happy endings and sad stories to tell that here and now, in our own universe, only exist in theory. Somewhere out there, things played out differently and maybe that opportunity you missed out on in high school played out the way you wanted it to originally and now your alternate self lives a whole different life. We might only ever know our own reality but in Ray Bradbury's short story The Sound of Thunder, a group of the elite realize how deadly a combination of a lack of caution and reckless fear can flip their whole world as they …show more content…
He is someone who seems impulsive and oblivious to his effect on the world around him. He is crushed by his own weakness and in turn, crushes a whole realm of possibilities underneath his dirty feet. Bradbury wanted the reader to think more critically about their actions, about how they can change the world around them in a blink of the eye, and about how in the face of fear, panic is often a lethal reaction. Though not many people are faced with beasts of such a tremendous size in their every day life, modern day people face their own raging terrors daily. Bradbury illustrates how a split second or a single butterfly changes the world. He shows that man can be naive, and all too eager to mess with things they might not be able to handle or understand. Humans are often rash and headstrong creatures with little …show more content…
Is it really worth it to change the past when such a minor detail in the vast void of possibilities could change all of history as we know it? Bradbury questions the morals and ethics involved in theoretical time travel. He was also known as a man who was critical of the government and government officials. Take for example one of his great works, Farenheit 451, set in a dystopian future where written literature is outdated and burnt wherever it is found. These characters are violated and stripped of their right to free speech and expression. Bradbury was a man who managed to revolutionize science fiction through his subtle jabs at society and witty banter. What was once a genre that was not taken seriously by critics became a metaphor for various problems in modern