<P> Upon returning to 2055 , Eckels notices subtle changes -- English words are now spelled and spoken strangely , people behave differently , and Eckels discovers that Deutscher has won the election instead of Keith . Looking at the mud on his boots , Eckels finds a crushed butterfly , whose death has apparently set in motion a series of subtle changes that have affected the nature of the alternative present to which the safari has returned . He frantically pleads with Travis to take him back into the past to undo the damage , but Travis had previously explained that the time machine can not return to any point in time that it has already visited ( so as to prevent any paradoxes ) . Travis raises his gun , and there is `` a sound of thunder '' . </P>
<P> Upon returning to 2055 , Eckels notices subtle changes -- English words are now spelled and spoken strangely , people behave differently , and Eckels discovers that Deutscher has won the election instead of Keith . Looking at the mud on his boots , Eckels finds a crushed butterfly , whose death has apparently set in motion a series of subtle changes that have affected the nature of the alternative present to which the safari has returned . He frantically pleads with Travis to take him back into the past to undo the damage , but Travis had previously explained that the time machine can not return to any point in time that it has already visited ( so as to prevent any paradoxes ) . Travis raises his gun , and there is `` a sound of thunder '' . </P>
who won the election in a sound of thunder
who won the election in a sound of thunder
Deutscher
Deutscher