Traveling back in time can be adventurous and exciting, that is until one step can change the future forever. The Sound of Thunder is a story about a man, Eckles, who goes to Time Safari Inc. where he can go to hunt a dinosaur. Eckles travels with a man named Mr. Travis and three other fellow hunters on this journey 600,002,055 years in the past. Ray Bradbury the author of “The Sound of Thunder” uses foreshadowing, conflict, and metaphor to reveal the theme of the slightest thing anyone does can have a great effect on the future. Bradbury uses the literary device of foreshadow to drops hints throughout the beginning of the story to clue in the reader for moments soon to happen in the future of the story. Mr. Travis, the safari leader, explains to Eckles how time travel is now possible since Keith won presidential elections, “We’re lucky. If Deutscher had gotten in, we’d have the worst kind of dictatorship Said if Deutscher became president they wanted to go live in 1492” (Bradbury 73). Bradbury used foreshadow to show how Deutscher wins presidential elections when the five members return back to a completely different present then they were in before. Deutscher wins because of the drastic change made by Eckles when he was in the past changing the present. Bradbury also uses conflict to add intensity to this story. Eckles faces two different conflicts in the story which may decide, not only his fate, but the present time. “He fumbled crazily at the thick slime on his boots. He held up a clod of dirt, trembling, “No it can’t be. Not a little thing like that”... He heard Travis shift his rifle, click the safety catch, and raise the weapon. There was a sound of thunder”(Bradbury 81). Eckles faces man vs. nature when he smashed the butterfly with his boot, which changed the present. Once everyone came back to see everything changed, Eckles faces man vs. man when Travis pulls out his rifle and raises it to Eckles for