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    that birds are feathered dinosaurs. The closest known evolutionary relatives of birds are some of the small carnivorous dinosaurs, such as velociraptor, ornitholestes, and deinonychus. The difference between a Tyrannosaurus Rex and Apatosaurus is that almost everything about Tyrannosaurus Rex indicates enormous power of one of the largest theropod dinosaurs that ever existed. They have a 4-foot-long jaw, 6-inch-long teeth and massive thighbones. It is the largest and most fearsome carnivore of all

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    In the story “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury, foreshadowing is used multiple times to hint at events to come in the future. The story follows Eckels, who paid to go on a safari to the past to kill the legendary Tyrannosaurus Rex. On many different occasions characters hinted at important events that would take place. These foreshadowing lines include Travis, the safari guide, repeatedly telling the hunters to stay on the path, the man behind the desk telling Eckels that disobeying rules would

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    triceratops. THAT IS HUGE!! Is it not? They were about the size of an average school bus. That is ginormous for an animal or ginormous for anything for that matter. But not as big as some of the other dinosaurs like the Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, and the Tyrannosaurus

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    heartbreaking. But in the original, there is a sense of relief when Kong finally dies, after terrorizing New York City and especially Ann. Kong and Ann share a more profound bond in the newer film. That is shown when Kong is finished fighting the three Tyrannosaurus Rex, she willfully goes with him, after he saves her. Also, towards the end you see Kong and Ann having fun playing on the ice back in New York. Ann wasn't afraid of Kong in the remake. One of the biggest differences between the 2005 and the

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    to become a problem engineer to get a living and be in the area generally with many fossils. I decided to go onto the engineering side of the campus. It was all going to change for the best. T-rex DNA was discovered to of been preserved in the tyrannosaurus femur. I read the paper. It was thought to of been decaying bacteria. Even with much of the scientific community discrediting the paper my imagination when wild. It wasn’t amber like in Jurassic Park but, my inner child was awoken. Just the idea

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    Technology, it is responsible for creating many advances in the human world. These advances can become both good and bad things for humanity. Author Ray Bradbury highlights this idea in three of his science fiction short stories. The three short stories demonstrate how technology makes life more efficient and luxurious, how nature can be changed by technology, but will always continue according to a natural path, and how technology can be very bad when placed into the wrong hands. Bradbury does

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    cycle of self-hatred and look to the future, however scary it may be, or continue my lamentation, and stray off the figurative path of healthy mental development. Eckels was put in a similar, although more literal, conundrum: either confront the Tyrannosaurus Rex in front of him, or run away and off the literal path he must follow. Eckels fled into the past, quite literally, and destroyed life as he knew it. As he is killed at the end, the Sound of Thunder for which the story is named comes from the

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    In the story "A Valid Thunder" the author, Bradbury, develops Eckels character in many ways throughout the story. Eckels' personality contributes to the conflict of the story in many specific ways. The conflict in the story is when Eckels steps off the path and kills a butterfly within the beyond. This adjustments the final results of many stuff inside the future and adjusts the entire international. Eckels' personality is developed for the duration of the tale. The writer states "A warm phlegm accumulated

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    Park relied on a software named CGI, computer-generated imagery. It is hand-drawn animation or stop motion containing several pictures put together to create movement. CGI was used for the velociraptors, brachiosaurs, and the tyrannosaurus rex. Scenes where the tyrannosaurus rex is chasing after the jeep took four months to be completed with CGI. (Buisness Insider,

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    “‘All you got to worry about is-’ ‘Shooting my dinosaur,’ Eckels finished it for him” but this was no ordinary dinosaur (Bradbury 223-224). Not just a peaceful Europasaurus, but a great big Tyrannosaurus Rex. Mr. Eckels has to face his fear of hunting the greatest game of all time in the short story “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury. This short story takes place around a company known as Time Safari, Inc. which takes the characters time traveling to hunt any game in the past. Eckels panics and

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