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Eckles: The Importance Of Time Present And Future

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A sound of thunder significantly shows the importance of time present and future. The time machine had a huge impact on Eckles as well as everyone else around him. Although eckles and everyone else were few to travel back to the past, it is unlikely for them to follow the path without disturbing any of the past. Eckles even begged to change things and take the butterfly back to its time, however, things would not be able to work like that. Time is irreversible, and what happened cannot ever be changed. A sound of thunder reflects on the theory of the butterfly effect.As result of that, later after Travis explains to Eckles the consequences that will definitely be ruining the future. One butterfly goes back to many, many generations which

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