Whether you are aware of it or not, you have probably read a book by Ray Bradbury or a book that has been influenced by him. In fact, most students have to read a number of his readings (including Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and The Illustrated Man) as part of the required curriculum. Ray Bradbury shows the reader several contemptuous and optimistic effects technology has on mankind, he had also accomplished several phenomena about his life. Ray Bradbury is arguably the greatest science-fiction writer of all-time as proven by the prophetic nature of his work, an abundance of his writing, and influence on the genre. Ray Bradbury, American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and poet, was born August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois. He graduated from Los Angeles high school in 1938. During his High School years, he was mostly active in the drama club and planned to become an actor. However, two of his teachers recognized a greater talent in Bradbury, so they encouraged him to develop as a writer. While his high school years
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The Martian Chronicles is a 1950 science fiction short story collection by Ray Bradbury. This book was written about racial prejudice, colonization, the devastation of war, the struggle between men and women colonizing Mars. The book reflects on America's anxieties in the early 1950's. During the time of a nuclear war and the reactions against racism and censorship, and the fear of foreign political power. Fahrenheit 451 was set in a futuristic American city, which a totalitarian government has banned books. This novel represents the advancement of technology, whether it is television or atomic weapons, and the uncertainty that surrounded it. The books in the alternate society have been replaced by technology. People in the 1950’s were frightened that we would become mindless and watch television all day because television had just been introduced to the
The Martian Chronicles is a 1950 science fiction short story collection by Ray Bradbury. This book was written about racial prejudice, colonization, the devastation of war, the struggle between men and women colonizing Mars. The book reflects on America's anxieties in the early 1950's. During the time of a nuclear war and the reactions against racism and censorship, and the fear of foreign political power. Fahrenheit 451 was set in a futuristic American city, which a totalitarian government has banned books. This novel represents the advancement of technology, whether it is television or atomic weapons, and the uncertainty that surrounded it. The books in the alternate society have been replaced by technology. People in the 1950’s were frightened that we would become mindless and watch television all day because television had just been introduced to the