Kyle read a short story about a young boy who was devastated after he lost something that was very important to him. What is the most likely personal connection Kyle can make to this text?
A)
The story made Kyle think of his best friend.
B)
The story reminded Kyle of how he felt when he made an A on his essay in
class.
C)
The story reminded Kyle of the time his baseball team lost in the
championship game.
D)
The text reminded Kyle that he needed to find a new sport to play.

answer: e

explanation:

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.

a, overstatement is the answer