Compare And Contrast Nethergrave And A Sound Of Thunder

Gloria Skurzynski's Nethergrave and Ray Bradbury's A Sound of Thunder follow science fiction wholeheartedly, from Nethergrave's digital facade, to A Sound of Thunder's time traveling, and chaos theory. However, looking past A Sound of Thunder's summary, stands the differing contrasts of each of it's characters, and the conflicts of morals. As for Nethergrave, it only properly characterizes the main character, often leaving the others in vague light, and it's science fiction elements are left feeling improbable; without explanation. When considering concepts from both works, character development, theme, and technology, A Sound of Thunder triumphs. Nethergrave's explanation, and presentation of it's unbelievable technology, through the Nethergrave video game, is often hard to follow, and feels more supernatural than scientific. NetherMagnus, the ruler of the game's domain, is portrayed as an all knowing being, and knows things about Jeremy, the main character, that few people would've known; let alone the fact that NetherMaguns is supposedly a computer program. Not to mention, Jeremy is 'sucked' into the game from simply playing it; which seems improbable even with advanced technology. In contrast A Sound of Thunder utilizes chaos theory, a concept in which small changes in the past …show more content…
However, A Sound of Thunder's story feels believable. It describes the concept of time travel in an understandable manner, through chaos theory; helping the reader imagine it as an existing technology within the story; while also providing characters with differing opinions, and views of the world. From the apathetic Eckles, to the escapist Jeremy, both with amazing stories, and characters; however, if compared to one another A Sound of Thunder deservedly steals the spotlight, as the complex science fiction piece that it