Ray Bradbury: Martian Chronicles
...adbury's mythology of non conventional science fiction which Ray Bradbury is known for. He also tells of "the first voyage to Mars - and the subsequent failures - to the 2 extinction of the Martian people" (Classics Book Reviews: Martian Chronicles 3). Ray Bradbury has remarkable fancies revolving around the theme of the colonization of Mars. The colonizers cannot help destroying the beautiful civilization on Mars any more than they could help destroying their own civilization. "The people cannot think of anything to do with the people of this book than to kill them - though occasionally they are willing, after they murdering them to list them as martyrs" (Study Guide for Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles 1). Throughout this collection of short stories in the novel Bradbury uses figurative language. He experiments with different colors, textures, smells, and sounds which bring the scene to life. He does this because most of these stories take place in the future and most people do not know what it is like, or what it will be projected as. Bradbury answers this question for the reader and leads them down the right path. The first criticism Is Ray Bradbury's ability to write was hindered by the organization of The Martian Chronicles in many confusing short stories. Although common in science fiction The Martian Chronicles is best known as a collection of linked short stories rather than of a novel" (Study Guide for Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles (1950) 1). Although Ray Bradbury has come out with great novels like Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is known for his short story writings more than his novelist writings. The Martian Chronicles includes many famous short stories like "There Will Come Soft Rains," "The Martian," and "The Locusts." These stories are semi linked, 3 when read one after another they are very confusing they jump to different topics. For example, "There Will Come Soft Rains," which is the twenty fifth chapter describes the world as there is no people in it, they were destroyed during nuclear war. Technology was running a house keeping it running with robots and machines like the TV cartoon "The Jetsons." In the very next chapter "The Million - Year Picnic," describes a family going out on a fishing trip on Mars where they were on vacation. "Instead of directly connecting these stories Ray Bradbury confuses the reader" (Classics Book Review 2). The next critique is Ray Bradbury's obsession with the Cold War. "Several parts of this book depict how the ignorant humans are so quick to ravage a vast world's ancient history and land" (Classics Book Review 1). Bradbury wrote about current issues, and predicted the future for them in a catastrophic way. Many people of that time thought Ray Bradbury should not have written about those certain issues of the time, only because it was only a few years after World War II ended and the start of the Cold War. Bradbury did this to portray human life as worthless in these chronicles. The Cold War was a time of heavy propaganda and this book could have been part of it. A nuclear arms race was just beginning when this book was wrote and describes nuclear war in the book. He describes the silhouettes of the shadows of the humans and there last poses before they were annihilated. 4 The third and final critique is Bradbury's writing style. Bradbury used many different types of figurative language. One major example is he uses a lot of descriptive language. In this style there is a lot of confusion. He says things to an extent and after a while confusion occurs. Although this a a great book of mystery, mystique, action and horror it is a book of great confusion. Says author Chris Jepson "Bradbury writes at a level above the rest," he writes at a level of confusion especially in The Martian Chronicles. In the book The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury presents warnings for the future. He sent messages that this world will be no more if humans continued their reckless behavior. Of course that is not what has happened, but Bradbury has stressed that point. A positive similarity is Bradbury connects his stories all together in a futuristic point of...