Comparing Ray Bradbury's Dark They Were, And Golden-Eyed

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“Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed”, by Ray Bradbury, Harry throughout changes from paranoid, to frantic, and brainwashed. The moment Harry sets foot on Mars he wants to leave, Ray Bradbury Illustrated this here, “‘Let’s get back on the rocket”, ‘Go back to earth?’ replied his wife Cora ‘Yes listen!’” The wind blew as if to flake away their identities.’” (1). The reason Harry is paranoid is because he feels out of place or an outsider being on Mars. Harry wasn’t ready for this big change that is happening in his life, because he knew something abnormal was happening on Mars, but he couldn’t put his finger on it. Harry becomes frantic when he starts to notice everything changing around him. The narrator demonstrated this, “Mr. Bittering wanted

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