Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles

Humans are very curious. So it was completely natural for Ray Bradbury’s book, The Martian Chronicles, tries to show us the unforeseen consequences of such curiosity, only with exploring Mars. With almost the entire Martian race being wiped out by people, it’s no surprise that humans also almost wipe themselves out with atomic warfare. The consequences of the war and wiping out of almost the entirety of all races are huge and serious. I think the main message of the book is that humans have no idea their impact on their environment, colonization isn’t always a good thing, and that some people on Mars wanted to keep it the same.
A point made by the book is that if mankind and the Martians all got wiped out, no one would be around to care. In the book, a poem in the book by Sarah Teasdale says, “Not one …show more content…
A quote from Spender supports this idea that he would like it to be kept the same way for at least a little time, because even he knows that you can’t hold the humans off forever. As part of his final wishes, he asks Captain Wilder, “See what can be done to restrict tearing this planet apart, at least for fifty years, until the archaeologists have had a decent chance will you?” (Bradbury 69) Spender truly wanted to preserve Mars unlike how Earth was not preserved when places were colonized. They humans were going to come in and wreck what Martians had worked so hard to make.
The Martian Chronicles’ sends many messages about how some people want to keep the places they live habitable, colonization, and the effects that humans have on Earth. Spender was a well meaning explorer that wanted to keep things the same. The harmful things caused by colonization is one point made by the book. Humans have an everlasting effect on the places they live and Bradbury seems to support this message throughout his book. The Martian Chronicles is a thought provoking book that sends many messages about multiple