43 pages • 1 hour read
Ray BradburyA Sound Of Thunder
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1952A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Examine the relationship between innovation (new technology) and nostalgia (old ways and times past) in the story.
On several occasions, characters are urged to “stay on the path.” What could the path symbolize, and why is it important to remain on it?
Bradbury set this story in 2055, about 100 years after he wrote it. How does this story relate to past events of the 1950s? What might Bradbury have been trying to say about them?
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