The Fog Horn

The story “The Fog Horn” by Ray Bradbury is about a monster that attacks two men working in an isolated lighthouse. The lighthouse has a “fog horn” which Johnny, who is the narrator, and his boss McDunn. One night the two were discussing how the fog horn sounds like “a big lonely animal crying in the night”. Later a dinosaur like monster comes out from the sea and starts communicating with the fog horn. The men discuss about how it is the last one in existence and how lonely it is. They then decide

The story starts off talking about the fog horn. When I started to read this I had no clue what a fog horn was or what it was used for. A fog horn is a like a siren that goes off every fifteen minutes or so and it warns the ships that around it that there is land near and to watch out. It is normally put on a light house so that if you can’t see the light maybe you can hear the horn. Both the light and the horn are protective barriers for the ship captains. They protect them from running into the

recurrent themes throughout literature and a favorite subject for many authors. One such writer is science fiction author, Ray Bradbury. Bradbury and his short story, “The Fog Horn,” is an example of the Ramification of loneliness and disappointment, and how people, or in this case people and creatures respond to them. In “The Fog Horn,” Bradbury uses the symbol of the lighthouse and its foghorn to reveal

Ray Bradbury uses the theme of love and revenge throughout his piece “The Fog Horn” to portray the monster’s inevitable feelings and actions. As Ray Bradbury introduces the main characters in the beginning of the short story, Johnny and McDunn, the reader learns that Johnny has been working at the lighthouse for three months, while McDunn has clearly been working at the lighthouse for quite a long time (Bradbury 2). McDunn tells Johnny that there is something that visits the lighthouse yearly, and

Essay #1 In the short stories by Ray Bradbury, “The Veldt” and “The Fog Horn” plot, theme and characterization intertwine. The personas of each character help drive the plot and theme within each story. This is important because the characters are the personality of the story and are needed to propel the plot, along with keeping the reader engaged especially, with the suspense their dialogue provides. Within “The Fog Horn” the author uses the major character McDunn to tell the story. By doing

Ray Bradbury proves his brilliancy in writing in his famous short-story, The Fog Horn. He uses profound imagery and details in his description leaving every reader breathless in suspense. Additionally, Bradbury includes his own worldview of the nature of man in this story. Through Bradbury’s The Fog Horn, readers understand the brokenness of man. In the beginning of the story, Bradbury creatively incorporates the nature of man in the dialog of characters. One character named McDunn expresses his

In The Fog Horn, Ray Bradbury uses a multitude of methods in order to convey the atmosphere of mystery and suspense. Bradbury does so through the use of references and literary devices to features the sea, the fish and the lighthouse. The narrative is a comprehensive and concise story that shadows the life of Bradbury’s character McDunn and Johnny whose job is to alert ships passing within the fog of their proximity to land. While working alongside each other, McDunn delays telling Johnny of the

Sound of Thunder”, “The Foghorn”, and “The Veldt” were three stories I read that had similarities and differences. The three Ray Bradbury short stories I read each shared three similarities. First of all, in each story, someone was afraid. In “The Fog Horn”, Johnny and McDunn were afraid of the sea monster. In “A Sound of Thunder”, Eckels was scared of the

Some of the stories had similar messages but some are different. “The Flying Machine” wanted to shows us about different technologies that can be used for good and evil. “The Dragon” shows that machines are just as powerful as dragons of old. “The Fog Horn” shows the past still exists in a parallel universe and it sometimes crosses boundaries and it also appears in the present. I think the message in “The Flying Machine” is that there are evil people in our world and they can take technology

my muscles tense as the faint sound of the fog horn lassoes my breath. I look behind me and the island of fun and adventure has now joined the white emptiness. Beside me is my sister repeating the rhythm I have created, only an arm's length away. I am 15; my sister is 17. Our strokes synced and we are consumed by the fog that lingers off the eastern coast of Maine. We can see no shore, no horizon, and have no sense which direction to take. The fog horn, three miles away, only