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A Sound Of Thunder Foreshadowing Analysis

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In the story “A Sound of Thunder” you can find many examples of foreshadowing. Some examples of foreshadowing in this short story include when Mr. Travis of Eckels say something hypothetical about the future. It can lead readers to believe that it may come true. When the same thing about the future, or what not to do to change the future is said multiple times, such as “Don’t go off the path”, “We don’t want to change the future”, and “Does this safari guarantee I come back alive” it makes us believe that it happens. One example of foreshadowing in this story includes when the safari guide says at the beginning of the trip “Don’t go off the path” in line 93, and again in line 186. Mr. Travis says this many times so it leads us to conclude

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