Compare And Contrast Nethergrave And The Sound Of Thunder

In the story “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury, foreshadowing is used multiple times to hint at events to come in the future. The story follows Eckels, who paid to go on a safari to the past to kill the legendary Tyrannosaurus Rex. On many different occasions characters hinted at important events that would take place. These foreshadowing lines include Travis, the safari guide, repeatedly telling the hunters to stay on the path, the man behind the desk telling Eckels that disobeying rules would result in a large fine or government action when he returns, and the conversation about the results of the presidential election.

I am comparing and contrasting Eckels from Ray Bradbury’s “ A Sound Of Thunder” and General Zaroff from Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”. Both of these characters have very different personalities even though they both love to hunt it was their life passion.But they got bored of what they love doing and they tried to force their hobby to be something it wasn’t. And because they both tried pushing it too far by hunting bigger, better, more dangerous game it came back to haunt them. And that is where my thesis statement comes in, both Eckels and Zaroff got tired of what they loved and they tried pushing it to the extreme and it came back to haunt them.

The best science fiction stories, are those stories that captivate the readers attention from beginning to end; that manage to exploit all the elements of literature and that are “based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.” “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury is about a man named Eckels that pays ten thousand dollars for the opportunity to travel back in time to the era of the dinosaurs. Prior to going on the Safari hunt, that guarantees nothing but the “severest thrill” of killing a T-Rex, he is given clear-cut instructions as to what he can and cannot do. To Eckels disgrace, he fails to follow instructions, which results in losing his own life and changing the course of history forever. In the other hand, “Nethergrave” by Gloria Skurzynski is about a young boy named Jeremy who is always bullied by his peers, not good at sports, and feels abandoned by his parents. Nonetheless, Jeremy is given the opportunity to escape his harsh world through an online chartroom, and later by entering a different dimension—Nethergrave. Jeremy is given the opportunity to choose to be strong and powerful and living forever in Nethergrave with the promise of never feeling lonely or abandoned again. Though both stories are captivating and interesting, in my opinion, based on the use of technology, the development of characters, and the main message of the stories,

In the stories “Nethergrave” and “The Sound of Thunder”, there are lessons and examples of real-world problems. However, I think that the problems that are in “Nethergrave” can be most associated with kids of today. While “The Sound of Thunder” addresses a similar topic children and teens can relate more to “Nethergrave”. Children, but mostly teens, can relate to Jeremy because he does not fit in much, doesn't like hanging out with people, and likes to be alone and play one the computer. These kids should realize that the online-world is not always going to be nice and happy, something may go wrong they will end up getting hurt.

In the short story A Sound of Thunder Ray Bradbury, many metaphors and similes are used to describe the T. Rex as an evil, giant being, who is impossible to defeat. Of course, towards the end of the story, the giant, evil, green, massive dinosaur is shot, and tree falls upon it for good measure. In the story, Eckels pays a whopping ten thousand dollars to shoot a T. Rex in 60 million years in the past. He is given a safari guide, and they set off to the Jurassic. While they are getting there through the time machine, Travis, the safari guide, tells Eckels about all the rules and precautions, so they don’t change the past. When they finally arrive, there is a metal path laid out in front of them, six inches above the ground, so they don’t contaminate the soil. The group starts walking to the T. Rex. When Eckels sees the T. Rex, the author stars describing how massive and scary it is. Eckels even gives a hyperbole for how tall the massive creature is. Eckels panics and accidentally steps off the path, killing a butterfly unknowingly. When they get back, Travis is furious for Eckels’ misstep, but Eckels tells him it’s fine. Eckels is horrified to discover that the president that was elected last time, was replaced by a dictator-like person. Travis later kills Eckels because everything is messed up. Ray Bradbury uses the T. Rex to symbolize chaos.

The authors in the narratives, “The Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury and “Nethergrave” by Gloria are each about technology altering the life of the main characters. Although both narratives include many different subjects as the story progresses, both explore the idea of emotions affect the way technology is used. Due to their theme, conflict, and setting, the story “The Sound of Thunder” is a better novel than the narrative “Nethergrave”.

World War I was an extremely violent and traumatic time for soldiers on the fronts of the war, but even though it was a dramatic time for these men the memoirs from the war was varied on the western front within the German ranks. Two well known books written by the German men were Storm of Steel, written by Ernest Junger, and All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarsque which were written on the same frontier, yet were different on many basic levels. In Storm of Steel, Junger explains the war through his own personal journal that he had written while in the war and though very patriotic and nationalistic the events in the book were as they hapepned in history to the last detail that

Whatever you do will have an effect in the world. In the story, The Sound of Thunder, by Ray Bradbury, Eckels, the main character, experienced this message in a very violent way. Although Eckels was brave, curious and courageous beyond measure, he is far from admirable because his selfish and impulsive behaviors made him unaware of his surroundings in ways that drastically harm others and the world around him. Eckels is not a good character in this story because of his bad acts. Ray Bradbury is basically expressing a good idea in a more elaborated version of it. He is saying that all actions have consequences. Eckels showed that by not thinking before acting and not trusting his power or instincts.

In the short stories, “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, these stories though have drastically different settings and time frames, the character’s deal with similar inner turmoil from their exterior circumstances. Each short story seems to reveal an interesting outcome and turn of events as the character’s personalities unfold. Not only does one see the personalities of the characters unfold, but the settings are revealed, to set the stage for what drives the plot.

Each story makes use of a very unique tone and form of narration yet these same qualities can be compared to some extent across these essays. The authors utilize different forms of writing to convey their intended focus to the audience. I found each story relative to one another in that they all seemed to touch of the subject of the roles of different genders in our contemporary society maybe even across different cultures.

The Tempest and Brave New World both well known books from well known author have many attributes allowing them to be compared and finding what’s different between them. Their diction, whom their audiences were , and the differences between the themes of magic in The Tempest and technology in Brave New World. Shakespeare and Huxley wrote them for their audiences to enjoy and later on analyze. The language that William Shakespeare uses and Aldous Huxley uses differentiates because of the three hundred year hiatus between the language usage. The language in “Brave New World” is more understandable than the language in The Tempest, for example, “O woe the day.”

“We’re here to give you the severest thrill a real hunter ever asked for. Travelling you back sixty million years to bag the biggest game in all of Time”(Bradbury 224). The thought of travelling back in time just to shoot a prehistoric beast of the Past is just that; a thought. People now can’t even imagine what it would be like to look a ferocious dinosaur in the eyes, but it may happen one day in the Future. Ray Bradbury paints this picture for us in his incredible story about this unbelievable mystery with figurative language and personification. “A Sound of Thunder” follows a big game hunter, Mr. Eckels, through a Time Safari of the Future and how he completely changes the world around him by disregarding the dangers of Time Travel,

Literary critics often discuss William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury with the assumption that the entire Compson family represents the South, with each character representing a specific aspect: from the changing views of virginity and race (Quentin) to the sexual liberation of women (Caddy) to the decline of the family (Benjy). However, Jason IV is seldom discussed passed his role as a cruel and greedy man within the family. No discussion about his character development exists, and thus the shift from first-person narration to third-person narration becomes vital in understanding what Jason represents: the hypocritical feelings of personal victimhood of the non-agricultural Southerners toward the North’s economic dominance, despite the

These stories are both very diverse and regardless of being from two completely altered worlds, the likeness of characters between each story is easily identifiable. This essay will outline the similarities and clearly identify the comparison of characters between these two stories. Even though these stories are unlike one another, the comparison between books show similarities in the characters that impact how they act and who they are. The clearest

The way a child behaves says a lot about their parents. In “The Sound and the Fury”, there is a lot to say about Caroline and Jason Compson. Their children, Quentin, Jason, Caddy, and Benjy, all have their own specialities, good and bad. These distinctions are ones that are direct products of the strange equation that makes the Compson family, yet are certainly not unique just to them. As a parent, you must take responsibility for the things that you teach your children, or don’t. As a result of the complicated situation and circumstances the Compsons live in, Caroline and Jason were not always present to set a good example for their kids. This caused the Compson children to stray far away from the home, and search for answers to the questions