Select the correct answer. what are the tone and mood of the passage? a. the tone of the story is serious and the mood is one of anticipation. b. the tone of the story is neutral and the mood is one of desperation. c. the tone of the story is somewhat hopeful and the mood is cheerful. d. the tone of the story is sympathetic and the mood is sorrowful. e. the tone of the story is somewhat humorous and the mood is uneasy.

no

caliban is prospero's slave in the shakespear's play "the tempest"

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.