Many writers have seen through the flaws of the human World and in response have created alternative versions of it in their literary works. Sometimes these versions are better, sometimes they are worse, and sometimes they are just different. Richard Wright's The Man Who Lived Underground and Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere both describe two underground worlds that mirror the "real" World above. They are quite similar in their settings, characters and in the ways they explore and reject the value system of the World above the ground. However, they differ in their essence, as Gaiman's story is pure fantasy, filled with magical and legendary people, creatures, and places, while Wright's one is based to a large extend in reality, and so cannot completely separate itself from it. This paper tries to explore more profoundly the similarities and differences between these two underground worlds through a close examination of descriptions, images, symbols and characters and aims at coming to a......
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