1. A Sound of Thunder, By Ray Bradbury (1952)
Rating: 8/10
I have never imagined that I would find the origin of the ‘Butterfly effect’ in this story. Eckels just stepped on a little butterfly, but the result it brought was disastrous. I imagined the process of a butterfly dying to the difference in election results. Related to it, I thought about my life; what would have changed if I __? I started to prepare for KMLA in 2019, January, but soon got tired of it and gave up. However, one day YouTube showed me a documentary of KMLA, and I started to prepare for KMLA once again. If YouTube haven’t recommended me that video, could I be here writing this article? It'll just be a subtle change, but it might make lots of things different from now.
In the story, Eckels begs saying "can't we take it back, can't we make it alive again? Can't we start over? Can't we-". However, what is done once is done. We shouldn’t be excessively tied up to the past. What we need to remember is that every single thing we do will influence our future, and it is up to me to how to behave to make a good or bad future. (199)
