Sound of Thunder

  • Beginning

    Beginning

    Eckels enters the time machine at Time Safari INC. because he wants to hunt a T-Rex. He also mentions that he is glad that Keith won the presidential election.
  • Period: to

    A Sound of Thunder

  • Exposition-Setting

    Exposition-Setting

    Eckels and the guides reach the past: A.D. 1957.
  • Exposition

    Exposition

    Travis explains to Eckels the importance of staying on the trail (butterfly effect) and killing the marked dinosaurs only.
  • Rising Action

    Rising Action

    They spot the giant T-Rex, who is marked with red paint.
  • Rising Action

    Rising Action

    Eckels chickens out when he sees the monstrous dinosaur
  • Rising Action

    Rising Action

    The dinosaur saw Eckels. They begin to fight it.
  • Climax

    Climax

    They kill the giant T-Rex
  • Falling Action

    Falling Action

    They find out that Eckels went off the path while battling the beast.
  • Falling Action

    Falling Action

    Travis threatens to leave Eckels there, but instead of leaving him there, he makes him remove the bullets from the dinosaur.
  • Falling Action

    Falling Action

    They arrive back to present day and Eckels notices a dead butterfly on the bottom of him shoe. Eckels realizes that his little creature's death caused many things to change such as language and who has won the election.
  • Resolution

    Resolution

    Travis kills Eckels for killing the butterfly and causing changes in present day.