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    Based on the actions in The Martian Chronicles‚ Bradbury’s opinion is that humans are greedy‚ arrogant‚ disrespectful‚ and insecure. In the novel humans were portrayed in a negative way. Bradbury created humans as a society to crumble in the future because of their own insecurities. Humans’ self-righteousness is their biggest flaw as a society and individuals. When Captain Williams and his crew arrived at Mars on the second expedition‚ he expected all the Martians to gawk at their presents as

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    continue to tear down‚ exploit‚ and colonize land without regard for nature. The Martian Chronicles‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ presents a parallel existence between Martians and Native Americans in order to illustrate that humans do not value and respect nature. Unlike man‚ the Martians care for and respect the land on which they live on.  When Spender informs Captain Wilder about how the Martians looked at life he states‚ “The Martians discovered the secret of life among animals.  The animal does not question

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    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. Censorship is a main problem or issue today‚ and in the book it shows up in one of his chronicles‚ "Usher II"

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    Bradbury pays an extraordinary amount of attention to physical beauty‚ familial ties‚ and American History‚ in The Martian Chronicles. Many of its stories were written to stand alone. Through the span of the book‚ the readers are able to visualize a cause and effect theme and foresee a relative connection and bond with each individual section of the book‚ as the storyline progress. The book is a fictional account of the colonization of Mars‚ while pondering the question if humanity is ready to frontier

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    The book The Martian Chronicles is a book based on the titles meaning. The title means a history of the colonization of Mars by Earth. The book tells a story of four expeditions made to by Earth people to Mars. The first three expeditions failed and all the people were killed. The last one was the most successful. Martians were still killed‚ mostly by chicken pox‚ but colonization began to take place. Some of the major characters are Ylla K‚ Yll K‚ and Nathaniel York. Ylla K is a Martian wife to Yll

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    The Martian Chronicles 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

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    historical touch that inspired the story. One example of this would be the author‚ Ray Bradbury‚ and his book The Martian Chronicles‚ in which

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    ENGLISH 090 BASIC COMPOSITION: CRITCAL LITERACY The Reading Writing Connection & College Success READING LOG Successful college students spend many hours each week reading a variety of texts including common textbooks‚ journal articles‚ source documents and assignment guides. Additionally‚ daily exposure to print‚ radio/television‚ online/internet‚ and other media requires “reading” and understanding information presented in many different formats. Advertising‚ news‚ entertainment‚ and online

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    The Martian Chronicles is a series of almost unrelated short stories that explore the tenacity of the human race. Four separate expeditions to Mars‚ resulted in four different disasters for the crews‚ yet still the humans kept trying to conquer the frontier that was Mars. Mars as a planet tries to prove itself to be hostile to humanity with thin oxygen yet fails due to the tenacity of the colonists. “No!...I’ll be all right. I’ve got to stay here!” the words of Benjamin Driscoll‚ the Johnny Appleseed

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    The first book I decided to read this summer was The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. This book was first published in 1946. However‚ it is set in the distant future‚ as many of his novels are. Bradbury begins his novel in January of 2030 in Ohio where a rocket is launched into space heading for Mars. In the following month on Mars‚ a Martian named Ylla begins having strange dreams about a rocket from Earth landing on her planet and a strange creature named Nathaniel York emerging from it. Ylla’s

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