Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles

Recently, I have read Mars is Heaven (MIH) by Ray Bradbury and The Machine Stops (TMS) by E.M. Forster, which are both short story Sci- Fi books and a fascinating read. Both stories were published in the 1900’s and there are similarities between today’s society and the society of the past. Intriguing concepts, theories and ideas stem from both of these books. Much like in (TMS) the role of technology is seen as a god, today we could never see ourselves worshipping at our mobile phones however if you really think about it we check our phones a couple of times a minute. Is this a form of worship? And are we aware that it is evolving into something that is taking over our lives completely. After reading both novels I have decided to identify, analyze, dissect and expand on a range of critical approaches both authors have used in their books (MIH) and (TMS).

In “The Martian Chronicles”, Bradbury combines rocket technology and space exploration together and imagine undeveloped problems played out in both the Earth and Martian fields. Although the novel treats a series of social and political problems, a visible story bend shows regarding the relationship between civilizations, living in peace with the environment, and carefully manage in technology. In “The Martian Chronicles”, Bradbury moves from the Martians’ peaceful nation with nature and technology through mankind's destructive and self-destructive disregarding from such peaceful to the final understanding that humans must take in the Martian’s ideas in order to survive and become as a civilization.

This universe is constructed of an unimaginable number of galaxies. One of these galaxies is full of stars, rocks, black-holes, moons, and planets. The planets rotate in a precise pattern that has a focal point on a bright, massive sun that keeps them all in line. Around ninety three million miles away from the sun, floats one planet, Earth. This planet has water, air, and billions of lifeforms. One of these billions of species is humans. With the passing of time, people develop a firmer and more powerful hold on the future of the universe. Of course, modernization is going to happen; great scientific advancements are being uncovered, and change is happening constantly; however these progressions are prioritized over morals and the condition of Earth. Science fiction plays with the idea of how people’s choices affect not only themselves but the world they once knew. In the movie Avatar the human race has declared war on an indigenous people to try and take over their planet. Earth has been striped of its resources and soon so will this alien planet, Pandora. The Ray Bradbury story, “ ーAnd the Moon Still be as Bright," in which earthlings have traveled to

We find mars so fascination because if you know what to look in the sky, the reason why is obvious enough. Mars is visible to the naked eye, and clearly red. It’s also close: our ability to see it so easily prove to the relative nearness of the planet. The world around us now is loaded with references to mars: witness movies with titles like “mission to mars” (2000) and “red Planet: (2000) fact-filled stories or films (about an event or person) like NOVA’s “Can we make it to Mars?” , not to mention numerous science fiction stories like Ray Bradbury’s 1950s “The Martian Records/tells a story” and non-fiction books like “The case for Mars” and (definitely/ as one would expect) “packing for mars” which both explore what it would take to send not just a robotic analog for people/(the kindness of people), but actual living breathing humans. At 1:31 a.m. eastern on Monday, August 6, our fascination with mars continued when the mars science laboratory landed on the red planet. It’s not the first wanderer humans have sent to mars: NASA has been sending robotic (people who represent a government, etc.) since Viking 1 landed in 1976.

People choose to see the best aspects in things and but some tend to see the worst. In The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, the plot is represented as optimistic, but also pessimistic. Bradbury is portrayed his ideas as a pessimistic because he brought the idea of that man is parasitic and ruins the environment wherever he goes, he presents the transition of the Martian culture with the Earthling’s, and reveals the destruction of Earth as the atomic war broke out.

The character Mark Watney in the book, “The Martian”, had to deal with a food shortage. In the story, Watney had to survive 549 days on Mars and had to produce around 149 days worth of food. Watney had to create an environment to plant potatoes. These plants would need water, heat, and nutrients. He obtained the amount of water with the amount he could get from the water reclaimed and separating hydrazine. Watney used an iridium catalyst and he would put a drop of hydrazine (rocket fuel) to get hydrogen and nitrogen gas. The atmospheric regulator would remove the nitrogen gas, but the hydrogen wouldn’t be removed. Then, Watney removed most of the oxygen from the hab and began the chemical reaction of the hydrogen and the oxygen becoming water.

     If the Martian Chronicles had been written in the 1999’s instead of fifty years ago, many issues and problems would change. Ray Bradbury wrote his book in 1946. In it he wrote about problems such as censorship, man’s cruelty to man, and loneliness. Each issue shows up in one or two of his chronicles. All of his issues affect every one of his characters in many different ways.

Space and science studies give impetus to author Andy Weir’s revelations in his novel “The Martian,” as they help to highlight that there is no nature for the man, but the man for the nature. Weir accomplished in a sublime manner the presentation of one-man’s thrilling surviving story in unknown and hostile terrain. By examining how the main character, Mark Watney tackles and overcomes the problems, we can see that Weir is arguing that technology and basic scientific reasoning are the key elements that help Mark to stay alive and, ultimately, to get back to where he once belonged. According to scientific publications, the Martian atmosphere is too cold and contains too little rain.

I have just completed the novel The Martian by Andy Weir. A botanist and engineer named Mark Watney was with the third group of humans to go to Mars but in a freak sandstorm his team was evacuated on their sixth day there to their interplanetary spaceship The Hermes. He was left for dead impaled by a communications antenna and spends 541 martian days alone on the desolate planet as the world desperately hopes that his crew and other space organizations can save him. This story contains complex science problems and happens from several different perspectives.

What are the qualities that define humanity? Humanity, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is compassionate, sympathetic, or generous behavior. Seeing that this definition is too clean and clinical for a world that is ultimately moral, Ray Bradbury uses his novel The Martian Chronicles to find his own answer. Most of this novel takes place on the planet Mars after the Martians have mostly died out and explores the settlement of the foreign planet over the span of nearly three decades. Although most of the Martians have died out, Bradbury inserts chapters at the beginning of the novel that showcase the beginning of the colonization of Mars and the first interactions between Martians and humans,

“‘Where are we, sir?’ The captain exhaled. ‘ In an insane asylum.’ It was night. The large hall lay quiet and dimly illuminated by hidden light sources in the transparent walls. The four Earth Men sat around a wooden table, their bleak heads bent over their whispers. On the floors, men and women lay huddled. There were little stirs in the dark corners, solitary men or women gesturing their hands. Every half-hour one of the captain’s men would try the silver door and would return to the table ‘ Nothing doing, sir. We’re locked in proper sir.’ They think we’re insane, sir?’ ‘ Quite. That’s why there was no hullabaloo to welcome us. They merely tolerated what, to them, must

The Human-Martian, Valentine Michael Smith, is a God-like figure who attempts to show the the truth about religion to the world and create a utopian society in the novel Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. Heinlein served in the Navy and was a socialist politician before beginning his writing career. His second wife had a large influence on his political views and was the one who convinced him to run for the state assembly. After his loss, he became an author. Stranger in a Strange Land is Heinlein’s most popular book, however, his views on socialism and liberalism were not clear in his writings. Later written books and interviews gave his audience a better look on how he sees the two political views in his eyes. One of Michael’s phrases throughout the book, which had an impact on his world, is “Thou art God.” With these three words, he has been able to describe himself, and other creative/destructive beings that live upon the Earth as God. Not only have these words made an impression on individual characters, but also their communities. Jubal Harshaw is one of the few characters that Heinlein voices his thoughts through. With his advice and guidance, Mike convinced the world that he could make a paradise; a utopia.

The Effects of Imperialism: Implications in the Martian Chronicles Its January 1999, wintertime in Ohio, America! The story of the American’s attempt to conquer the great frontier of Mars begins. Ray Bradbury’s novel, The Martian Chronicles is delightfully broken into fragments of chronological order instead of chapters. I believe Bradbury chose this method of distinguishing time and events in an attempt to tell a tale of a future history similar to the way of modern history books that we study as children. In my opinion The Martian Chronicles is a novel reflective of American imperialism, and its effects on the conquerors and the conquered.

Some technologies are useful, useless and some have toxic second natures. Technological advances help us live longer and make things more efficient. The medical field increase out

Technology today has actually saved a lot of lives. Without technology we wouldn't be able to use x-rays, MRIs, ultrasounds and etc. to test for certain conditions. People are able to detect early signs of cancer with MRI testing, without certain machines to help find these illness, a lot more people would die. It also allows doctors to Facetime other doctors outside of the country to talk about medical procedures or allows doctors to Facetime their patients to check on them while they are at home. In conclusion, technology has just made a huge impact on healthcare. Without it, where would society be right now with all of these people suffering with different conditions?