Harry Bittering’s perspective changes from ‘nothing is safe here; got to get back to earth’ to ‘this is nice. Where did all the humans go?’. His change is influenced by the martian ‘poison’ which changes him into a martian. Anything on the martian land gets tainted in it, and he gets infected as well. However, he had the most amount of resistance, for it says, “No! cried part of himself, deep down, put away, locked tight, suffocating. No! No!” (Bradbury, 488).
This change says that identity may make personality. When Harry Bittering’s identity was pure human, he was more alert, and his personality was like a tense, wound up coil. However, when he became more like a martian, he started relaxing and letting himself go in the heat. For example,
This change says that identity may make personality. When Harry Bittering’s identity was pure human, he was more alert, and his personality was like a tense, wound up coil. However, when he became more like a martian, he started relaxing and letting himself go in the heat. For example,