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Compare And Contrast A Sound Of Thunder And The Scarlet Ibis

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The two characters I decided to talk about are Eckels from A Sound of Thunder and the Narrator from The Scarlet Ibis. Even though these two characters are in very different situations, have very different conflicts, and are very different from each other, these two characters still have some interesting similarities. And Even though they do have some similarities to each other they show them in complete different ways from each other. In “A Sound of Thunder,” the main character, Eckels, goes on a safari that involves traveling to the past. Eckles is a very stubborn and rude. He is the type of character that only cares about himself and his own safety. For example he doesn’t care about animals dying. For instance when Travis is telling him about how if they even accidentally kill one animal it can completely change the future and that will also kill the families of the animals, and Eckels response is “So they’re dead,” and “So what?” He is also a very scary person at times. For example ’Trying to scare me!’”, “’I miscalculated, that’s all. And now I want out.’ …show more content…

The Narrator is a very smart, loving, yet insecure person. After the death of his brother Doodle, he remembers all of the mistakes he made and feels very bad about it. Even though he loved his brother very much, he treated him wrong many different times. For example when his brother was five years old he was embarrassed by him and to be seen with him because of the fact he couldn’t walk even though he knew Doodle was paralyzed. Out of shame teaches him to walk and other things that push Doodle too hard. One day, a rare, injured bird alights in a backyard tree. It falls and dies, foreshadowing Doodle’s early death. He is killed after being deserted by his brother in a terrible storm. Because of all of the terrible things he did and how he treated Doodle he deals with his death with grief and

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