Are the men in the wilderness trying to save books? Literally...

Figuratively...

(This is from Fahrenheit 451)

literally: No, they burn their own books, and the physical books have no value to them.

Figuratively: They do save the contents of the books, but it is the knowledge that they are concerned with.

Explanation:

Are the men literally trying to save books? No, they burn their own books, and the physical books have no value to them.

Are the men figuratively trying to save books? They do save the contents of the books, but it is the knowledge that they are concerned with.

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.

the answer that is correct is the last option.