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Differences Between A Sound Of Thunder Book And Movie

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Have you ever wondered what the differences are between the movie a sound of thunder and the book? There are many differences between the book and the movie. In the movie it starts with the group back in time going to kill a dinosaur. While in the book it starts with eckels walking in Time Safari. The story, A Sound of Thunder, by Ray Bradbury is used as a starting point for the movie of the same name, and although the basic idea is the same the movie has many differences. The first major difference in between both is that eckels doesn’t go to time safari alone. He takes a friend that wanted to go and eckels was afraid to go. In the movie eckels personality is split between him and the other guy that went with him. while his friend was energized to go eckels was afraid and never planned on going. The book has eckels going alone and excited to go back in time. While eckels stays the same by having fear when he sees the dinosaur he has a difference when he was afraid to start the hunt. The book has eckels being the one to step on the butterfly and causing everything to change. While the movie has eckels friend being the one who steps on the butterfly. Eckels having an extra …show more content…

The movie shows how Travis’s life is working in time safari. The book has eckels as the main character. The book is mainly talking about how eckels feels and why he wants to back away from the kill. The movie only focuses on Travis and how he plans for a hunt. The movie has Travis preparing for a hunt preparing for a hunt while the movie never mentions him loading a gun. The movie also has a problem occur while they go hunt a dinosaur with eckels. The problem leads eckels and his friend to run and step off the path to kill the butterfly. With Travis as the main character it leads to different point of views in the movie. That makes the book and the movie different with Travis as the main

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