Human Ignorance In Ray Bradbury's 'A Sound Of Thunder'
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The narrative "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury forces us to consider the repercussions of human ignorance. The author uses figurative language to emphasize the magnitude of the T-Rex and by extension-the incredible power and beauty of nature. Bradbury uses figurative language to describe humankind's relationship with the environment. When the author describes the T-Rex "folding it's delicate watchmakers claws" it is suggested that nature is fragile and delicate as a "golden butterfly's" wings. This is important because most humans do not comprehend the environmental destruction that takes part everyday. We assume that our planet and our home is "sheathed over in a gleam of pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior" however as technological