It is said that, "everything changes except human behavior and its consequences," and this concept is exemplified in the stories, "The Lottery" and "A Sound of Thunder." The authors of both stories has surprised the readers through the use of foreshadowing, symbolism and pacing. Foreshadowing is a warning or some type of indication of a future event that may occur. In "The Lottery", there is a foreshadowing of the gathering of the rocks. The rocks are a detail which gets overlooked because of all the other positive details in the story like happiness and joyful moods in the beginning of the story. In "A Sound of Thunder", there is a foreshadowing in a quote said by Travis, "Anything happens to you, we're not responsible. These dinosaurs are hungry." This quote gives the reader a hint that something may happen to Eckels. Later on, Travis also states, "There's no way of telling if this expedition was a success, if we got our monster, or whether all of us, meaning you Mr. Eckels - got out alive." This quote foreshadows the death of Eckels again and also questions the fact whether if he will return alive or not. Symbolism is the use of symbols to help represent ideas or qualities. Both the stories have symbols, like in "The Lottery, there is a symbolism of the term the "lottery" and the black box. In "A Sound of Thunder", there is a symbolism of the time machine and the metal path. The "lottery" represents any action, behavior, or an idea that is passed down from one generation to another and how that idea is being accepted and followed unquestioningly no matter how illogic or cruel it is. The black box represents the both tradition of the lottery and the illogic of the villagers being loyal to it. The black box is falling apart, hardly even after years of use and storage, the villagers are unwilling to change. The time machine represents one man's intentions. The time machine interferes with the universe by turning the time back so that