Vocabulary
A statement or an event that sounds impossible but seems to be true
Paradox
Author of "A Sound of Thunder"
Ray Bradbury
The safari guide.
Mr. Travis
"We're lucky. If Deutscher had gotten in, we'd have the worst kind of dictatorship."
Deutscher wins.
Latin word "re"
Again
To destroy completely.
Annihilate
Setting of "A Sound of Thunder"
A safari in the time of Dinosaurs
The main character/ hunter.
Eckles
"A little error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion."
Killing a butterfly changes the future.
Latin word "mal"
Bad or evil
In amounts so small as to be barely measurable.
Infinitesimally
The name of the time traveling company.
Time Safari, Inc.
Name of the President.
Keith
"I'm warning you, Eckles, I might kill you yet."
Travis shoots Eckles
Latin word "sub"
Under or below
Becoming foul or rotten from lack of movement.
"Tyrant Lizard King"
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Becomes President after the return of the safari.
Deutscher (Dusty)
Title of the story "A Sound of Thunder".
A sound of thunder refers to Eckles death.
Below the level of consciousness.
Subliminal
Time Safari, Inc.'s characteristics.
Evil; corrupt; shouldn't even exist
Follows the animals through their entire existence to make sure they die naturally.
Lesperance.