Compare And Contrast A Sound Of Thunder And Nethergrave

Scurzynski's "Nethergrave" and Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" are both very well written pieces of science fiction that both focus on scientific technology and how it's affect the main characters' lives. Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" is about a young man named Eckels goes back in time and has to deal with the harsh consequences of his pusillanimous mistake. In Scurzynski's "Nethergrave", the main character, Jeremy, picks a virtual world over his entire life where he feels humiliated, awkward, and relinquished. I think that Scurzynski's and Bradbury's character' personalities are very similar in a few ways. Both characters are portrayed to show some degree of cowardice without having an active part in their respective stories. I think that "A Sound of Thunder" and "Nethergrave" both revolve around the effect of technology can have on people. I felt like Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" was more engaging than Skurzynski's "Nethergrave". I was particularly …show more content…
"Nethergrave" revolves around a depressed young boy named Jeremy who has to decide and make a choice to stay in a world where he felt uncomfortable in or to leave and enter a world in which he was promised never to be abandoned. The idea of a teenager, feeling abandoned and unhappy, escaping into what appears to be a better place, is not very shocking or original and does not bode well in catching my attention. In my life experience so far, I have come to know the feelings of insecurity and humiliation; however I have not genuinely felt as though I needed to find comfort in the form of technology and deceit. More often than not, I find the ordinary world is better than the virtual one. All throughout the story, I never felt like I could connect with Jeremy's character because of his utter lack of regard for his loved ones, especially for his mother who came looking for him at the end of the