Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles

The Martian Chronicles is a novel where earth inhabitants decide to make a new life on Mars. There is a fantasy-like idealism that the people have with Mars, and believe that the planet will create total bliss, but the problem with this is that there are citizens who already created an established life and are unhappy with the new visitors from Earth. In reality, travelling to a new place and expecting it to overwrite everything they’ve ever experienced, can result in unfulfillment.

“March 2000: The Taxpayer” in Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, is an interchapter that focuses on how Pritchard (a typical taxpayer) wants to get on the spaceship to Mars. The purpose of this short chapter is to provide foreshadowing to both the atomic war and civilian immigration to Mars. The reason why this chapter was written is that during 1950 (when this book was written), Ray Bradbury wanted to voice his opinion that the construction of atomic bombs will lead to war.

“But if I wasn’t willing to take risks to save lives, I’d…” He thought for a moment. “Well, I guess I’d be you.” (pg 125). In the book, The Martian by Andy Weir, Mark Watney gets stranded on Mars.

The Martian is arguably one of my favorite books because of the fantastic tone and character development. The Martian follows Mark Watney, a scientist who majored in botany and mechanical science. He get stranded on mars after a dust storm knocks out communications with NASA and the rest of his crew leaves when they believe he is dead from shrapnel in the storm.

I believe Bradbury does not approve of the accelerated technological advancements for the future. He shows in the story how careful Lesperance was being and how crucial their actions were. It did not have a tone of

Ray Bradbury’s character’s form a society on Mars similar to that of Earth in that politics

As we begin to go on an excursion through literature, it is important to understand the concept of what an ethnography is. Ethnography is known to be a descriptive type of work that analyzes culture and customs of individual people. James Clifford has implemented this work into his studies and has influenced many others to do the same. I saw through the books I have read, ethnography makes these books become vivacious for a reader.

the setting and society by using figurative language, such as symbolism and imagery. Using characterization, and imagery, Bradbury shows the reader how society has lost its humanity and how it goes hand in hand with the setting and characters of the short story. Society in 2053 has become dependent on technology, brainwashed by television and expected not to think differently, showing that society has lost it's grasp on humanity and human nature. The atmosphere established by Bradbury shows that the city is dark, paralleling to the surroundings of a graveyard. Mr. Mead's world is shown as blank, and his character can be viewed as divergent due to him

Despite Ray Bradbury’s warning in, The Martian Chronicles, human greed has lead to the destruction of culture. The opposition would claim that the destruction of culture is a natural process, on the other hand, because of human greed the destruction of culture has been drastically sped up. For example, an article from Achieve3000 shows a connection between the erosion of the Easter Island Moais and the longing for people to see them. According to Susana Nahoe, an archaeologist from Chile, “More tourism, more deterioration. More visitors, more loss” (qtd. by Achieve3000 staff). This statement explains that because of the human greed to see the Moais for themselves, they cause harm to the ancient statues. In addition, an article from Newsela

In the book The Martian, an astronaut named Mark Watney is thrown into an awful situation on Mars. A sandstorm had come in while they were landing the Ares 3. The crew needed to get out of this trouble. When trying to get back to safety, Mark is hit by debris and is not able to find his crew. His crew all successfully got back to the Mars ascent vehicle but Mark. The crew is taught to never leave a man behind. They search for him but the sandstorm created low visibility. They see that Mark's suit is damaged and he going to die. They are forced to abandon Mark on Mars. Throughout the book, Mark, NASA, and Mark's crew show no sign of giving up, and their tenacity to never quit even when obstacles are thrown their way.

On the red planet, one man lives. He may escape, but he may not. Mark Watney is the man on Mars, but he is not meant to be there. Limited resources and harsh conditions may put this character in danger, but he has some resources he can use. Mars can be a deadly place.

Bradbury may have had this included to show the faults in humanity. Some people are intrusive and pry in on people’s lives like the humans did to the martians not only by physically walking into someone's house

     The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury, is a science-fiction book and was written in 1946. This major work by Bradbury is a collection of short stories relating to Mars or Martians. Bradbury had a clear vision of the Mars in which these stories are set. His vision was one of a fantasy world from the Martians point of view. In this work, the humans from Earth are the aliens from outer space. Bradbury has won many awards including the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Aviation-Space Writers Association Award, the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, and the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. Bradbury supported his awards

More specifically, I am referring to Bradbury’s positive outlook on the future. “We will do everything, we will solve everything, we will build everything that needs doing, solving, and building during the next few years.” [1] This unique can-do attitude ignites a rich emotional fire within the reader in regards to the future. By inducing this state, Bradbury is able to gain trust with the reader and give the impression of positive character. Bradley is not one to overlook his ethical appeal in any regard. An additional example of Bradbury exuding optimism for rhetorical purposes is his usage of superlative, attention grabbing vernacular: “Here’s the blueprint: The Longest Bar in the World is in Tijuana. Why not, facing our plaza, build the longest Soda Fountain in the World!” The sheer audacity of this statement is enough to turn heads. When a claim is outrageous enough more people tend to believe it. By broadcasting his confidence in the future, Bradbury gains the ability to further ensnare the reader attention and consequently his

would happen so he chose to manifest his concern that technology is becoming evil into many of