Butterflies appear to be considered, by many of you, symbols of beauty and such… I agree with this. But couldn’t it also represent creativity?  And if it does, how does that make sense considering what happened to their new society?

Feel free to respond to this or any of the other questions in the other post.

Here are a few issues to discuss about the ending of “A Sound of Thunder”:

• What do you think this new world (post butterfly stomp) is like?
• What could a butterfly symbolize and why would that change the world?
• What do you think happens at the end of the story and why? If someone does die, who do you think dies?
• In your opinion, why does Ray Bradbury not explicitly say what happens?
• Update: Is it possible that Eckles wasn’t the one that was shot? And why?
• One more update (based on Angelica’s and Kevin’s comments): I personally like the idea that Travis shot himself. What would be worse punishment for Eckles? Being killed? Or being forced to live and know that he messed up the world?

(Here’s the trailer for the recent movie version. What do you think?)