Future

One choice that made that affected my future was probably when I was convinced to go to church. We all know how are parents could be , they can be really religious. But Emerson once said that if he is seen as a Devils child , he will be one. He doesn't like to be told what to be society. Just cause you don't go to church doesn't that you're a bad person. People can believe in what they want. You can still be happy with God or without. In " The sound of thunder" Eckel is convinced not to destroy anything from the past cause it will destroy the future . He can cause many problems. It's similar to not going to church , people believe you're a bad person and will cause problems. They can say that you're going to be a problem in the future if you don't do this or that. But in opinion you can do whatever makes you happy.

My mad dream of an essay

Remember that time you ate that spicy [taco] just before you went to bed on the night before the big [essay test]?  Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election.  When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the [important] details, but after reading "On Self-Reliance" and "A Sound of Thunder" it's all coming back to you now.

The dream started badly.  You were in line with your family at a [buffet] waiting to be sent to [get locked up].  Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect [Donald Trump ], looking like a crazy [dog] who could eat a whole [chicken].   

Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you, "[ To be great is to be misunderstood ]."  You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to [give a speech].  But it wasn't easy.  First you had to put on a fancy [suit] and [ability microphone ] and then you had make a [time machine] to go back in time to the [park] so you could convince people to learn about the candidates and the [racism going on].

But right there in the [park] there was a giant [man] and it started [yell] ing at everyone.  People started to [fight back].  You grabbed a [stick] from a nearby [the tree] and yelled [stop and listen].  Everyone stopped and listened, so you kept going.

The sound of thunder study guide

1.Vocabulary
Annihilate-defeat utterly

Expendable-of little significance when compared to an overall purpose, and therefore able to be abandoned

Infinitesimally-extremely small

Primeval-of or resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world

Resilient-able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions

Revoke-put an end to the validity or operation of 

Sheathed-put a weapon in a sheathe

Subliminal- below the threshold of sensation or consciousness

Taint-a trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance

Undulate-move with a smooth wavelike motion

2. LITERARY
Foreshadowing- be a warning or indication of a future event.
EX.

Simile-a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. Using like or as.

Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Protagonist - main character in the story
Ex: Eckel

3. QUESTIONS
1. Eckel visits a time machine safari
2. He would get fined
3. Keith being elected as president
4. Go back in time to 1492
5. 6 safari leaders died  and the Safari is not responsible for the death.
6. Travis
7.Lesperance
8. Blind it first the shoot it for the head
9. Christ isn't alive nor was Moise
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11. So they can't step anything from the past that will change history
12. The cloths changed
13. So they can't spread bacteria
14. They can only shoot dinosaurs with a red mark
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17. The author describes how Eckel is feeling.
18. The dinosaurs was not the size he expected
19. Red paint
20. He was rushing towards the time machine.
21. They throw up
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23. They are going to leave him
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25. There was something under his boot.
26. Eckel finds a butterfly
27. The president is different from the beginning
28. To shoot Eckel

An Earth Shattering Fart

The story is amazing! The foreshadowing is "wow". It starts off with Eckle wanting to go hunting.  Towards the end all the decision that he had his mind put him insane , he didn't want to hunt. The story is a great example of foreshadowing.

Emerson presentation day

Can't sit around and wait for happiness to happen. Don't relay on other people. Emerson was a lecturer and a poet. He was know to be individual. Don't compare yourself with other people. Accept ourselves so we can grow.

Emerson presentation day

- Just cause a person is young , it doesn't mean they're not capable to do anything.
- Nobody can make you happy but you make yourself to be happy.
- Tell the truth.
-  Be who you are.

My Emerson

For my project , my group will be doing a poster of Emerson's quotes. His words will be formed as a human figure . If it's good enough, we can probably hang it on the wall.

Emerson for the young buck

Emerson is saying to be yourself , don't be afraid to show who you truly are. He doesn't want you to follow what society wants you to be. It's good to be different. Emerson wants the youth to be geniuses cause they have creative minds. Emerson also that children are better and the elderly.