I just recently read Ray Bradbury's A Sound of
Thunder as an in-class assignment. It takes place in the future and is
about a group of men who use a time machine to travel back to when dinosaurs
were still living. The author includes multiple conflicts in the plot, which
creates suspense for the reader. I enjoyed the story, but I couldn't stop
thinking about one thing; couldn't the group's presence in the past alone
disrupt the carefully arranged events that lead to the future? The tiniest of
animals could have been scared off by them or their gunshots, causing it to
take a different path than it had intended and, in turn, changing the whole
chain of events that lead up to the future. Another point I'd like to make is
the fact that, though the dinosaur was meant to die and this is why it was
supposedly "okay" to kill it at that precise moment, it seems
extremely immoral to do so. Instead of being killed by a natural cause, like
the fallen tree, it was attacked and shot down by a group of blood-thirsty men
who wanted a picture to take home as a "trophy."
The end of A Sound of Thunder remains a
mystery though, as the final words were "There was a sound of
thunder," by which the reader is expected to imply that Eckles was shot.
But this sentence could suggest alternative ending such as Travis killing
himself or even there simply (but unlikely in my opinion) being a thunderstorm.
Either way, the way it was written was meant to keep the reader thinking. It
sure kept me thinking!
Welcome to my blog! First off, I'd like to say hi, Mr. Ingles (because he will probably be one out of the very few reading this)! Next, for my first act as an inexperienced blogger, I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself. Here are ten important facts you should know about me:
1. I am a Minnesotan! I'm as pure as it gets, being born in the twin cities and all, and this is my absolute favorite state! I guess that means i think pretty high of it, considering that I've been to about 25 of the 50 states in the U.S.. On that note, another thing you should know is...
2. I love to travel! I travel everywhere with my family and I hope to participate in the school trip to Fance in the summer of 2014 (I am takng French in school). My family and I have been to places like Utah, California, and Montana. We also travel to Florida every year to visit my grandparents. We usually take our trips by car and camp along the the way. For instance, when my family and I went on our "California trip," we flew into Seattle, Washington on a plane and camped at different campgrounds down the west coast in our tent ( using a rental car) until we got to San Francisco, where we got on a plane back to Minnesota. 3. I love my family and I have a pretty unusual one, well for my standards anyway. As of today, I have a mom (Jan), a dad (Wes), a sister (Grace), two half-sisters (Hannah and Kezzie), a nephew (Rain), and another niece/nephew on the way (yet to be determined). Both my nephew and the baby on the way belong to Kezzie, who lives in Hawaii with my brother-in-law, Haj. My sister, Hannah lives in Montana where she finished college and is in the middle of finding the right life-long career for her. As for Grace, she still attends Prior Lake High School with me. 4. Speaking of school, I am planning on going to college, preferably somewhere in California, because it's my second favorite state. I don't know for sure yet, but I'm thinking about majoring in something that has to do with English or Liberal Arts. Just recently, my dad introduced me to the idea of majoring in architecture. This way, I would be incorporating my artistic talents as well as my math skills into my work. To tell you the truth, I have no idea what I'm going to do with my life yet, but I'm sure I will figure it out sooner or later. Now I'm going to get into the more detailed topics about me... 5. Like every teen, I love music! My favorite music groups include Of Monsters and Men, Vampire Weekend, Pheonix, and Mumford and Sons. Here are some of my favorite songs:
Pheonix - Lisztomania
Blick Keys - Tighten up
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
6. This year will be my third year playing lacrosse. I quit basketball to join and i love it! I play both defense and goalie. I participate in a fall league in Hopkins and hope to make the high school team in the spring.
7. I am 1/2 Dutch, 1/4 German, 1/16 Irish, 1/64 Canadian Indian, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
8. Favorites:
BOOK: THE HELP (read two times)
MOVIE: INCEPTION
ANIMAL: ELEPHANT
PET: DOG or BUNNY
COLOR: ANY BLUE
THING TO DO: ART AND STUFF
9. I love art! I'm not interested in a particular style/type (yet) but i for sure LOVE using colored pencils! here are some of my works:
Year: 2009
Media: Black Pen
Year: 2011
Media: Chalk Pastels
(Based on the work of Edgar Degas)
Year: 2012
Media: Colored Pencils
Year: 2008
Media: Black Pen
Year: 2010
Media: Chalk Pastels
10. The last thing I feel is appropriate to add to this list is that English is my favorite subject. I don't necessarily like studying grammar or punctuation or sentence structure, but I love to read and write and have always dreamed about writing a novel and having it published.
