Their ship had crash landed and they had been walking for days but the brave and gallant men trudged on to reach the only thing they wanted in life. Trapped on Venus Bradbury tells the tale of a platoon of soldiers enduring the tremendous rainfall on Venus to reach a Sun Dome for shelter. “If I missed him by one day here I’ll go to another planet and only miss him by half a day…” In the captain’s stubborn mind he decides to chase after this man you cannot be caught unless willing. Their trip turns useless when they learn that the people living on Mars already have been preached to by another man. After landing they discover that the other missionary ships were destroyed or killed and did not make the trip. When the captain and his crew arrive they are pushing the clock to beat the other missionary ships there so they can convert people first. The next creation of Bradbury’s mind encompasses missionaries to Mars to convert and help the people there turn away from their sins. He regurgitates the courage to ask them why there are so many traveling cars on that particular day and the travelers tell him of the atomic war that has started. He ignores them for the time being until a broken down car full of people stops at the side of the road to ask for water. On this particular day, more than the usual one or two cars pass by and Hernando is curious why. Every once in a while a car will pass by Hernando’s fields, and sometimes he will receive souvenirs from passing cars. The shortest of Bradbury’s tales, “The Highway” speaks of an old farmer tilling his field next to a lonely highway. With guns loaded, they speak with the visitor and hear a shocking tale of the Earth they once knew. Things turn hostile and the Negro people on Mars prep their town to segregate the white men. The story begins with rumors of a white man traveling in a rocket on his way to their town. They have been there for three generations and have come to hate white people for sending them there and not returning. Negro men and women now have their own society on Mars. This story causes you to rethink how you think of others and how you view yourself.īradbury weaves a tale with immense meaning in his third story,” The Other Foot”. In a quarrel with another man, Hollis is completely shaken in the way he thinks, along with the reader. Hollis, the narrator and also hurling crew member, reflects on his life while he waits to burn up entering Earth’s atmosphere. The second story straight from Bradbury’s cranium tells of the crew flying through space after their ship had been hit by an asteroid. When they decide to get away from the house on a vacation, the kids get extremely upset and things go awry. When their parents journey into this room to see what their kids are up to, they are surprised and curious at the same time. Their parents have no idea what they do in their long trips there. The children in this family become relatively obsessed with this room and spend hours there, much like such things in our society today that wrap and obsess kids. The main attraction in the house is a veldt, a sort of live and realistic movie theater that plays what you want it to. Their house has all the goodies that a future house should have it basically does everything for you. The first story, “The Veldt”, has to do with a family living in future luxury. The science fiction stories that Ray Bradbury illustrates are full of wonder, suspense, and concealed incendiary morals. The book tells the random and interesting tales from the perspective of a stranger. Each tattoo story has a secret just like the Illustrated Man himself. The Illustrated Man’s tattoos tell stories of multiple genres that span the science fiction theme. This is true of the Illustrated Man, one of the science fiction characters created by Ray Bradbury in his classic 1951 book by the same name. What if your body was covered with tattoos of every movie you’ve ever seen in your life?
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