Nethergrave Analysis

Safari, a company that sends people in the past for hunting trips, and the main character, Eckles, schedules a trip, and travels with two others, to kill a prehistoric dinosaur. Nethergrave by Gloria Skurzynsk's focuses on Jeremy, a boy who plays sports, and chats with his friends from the internet, later, Jeremy is faced with a life-changing choice, to stay in the real world, or leave it for Nethergrave. When comparing and contrasting both A Sound of Thunder and Nethergrave's science fiction elements, characterization, and themes, A Sound of Thunder proves to be superior. The science fiction genre fits into both stories, because of its technology, settings, and events that take place, for example, A Sound of Thunder fits into this genre with
A Sound of Thunder's theme, that little things can have a massive impact on yourself and others, is introduced through the Chaos Theory when Eckles steps off the path, and accidentally kills a prehistoric butterfly, which massively impacted the present. When Eckles travels back to the present, the President had lost the election, and instead Deutscher won. Also Time Safari's name and motto changed, and even the feeling of air itself. Nethergrave's theme, that you should trust no one, especially on the internet, is important when considering that anyone on there could be masking themselves, and simply lie to you, making it risky at times. This message is brought up throughout the storyline, for example, Dr.Dead was in fact a stroke victim not the surfer that he claimed to be. The event that expressed the theme the most, was when Jeremy chose to enter the Nethergrave because of loneliness. After Magus told Jeremy about his internet friends secrets, and Nethergrave, he trusted Magus, and he entered without considering his family, or who Magus truly was. Overall, Nethergrave's theme may have been a stronger concept, but it had failed to express it enough throughout the story, compared to A Sound of Thunder's