Resisting Change In Naming Of Names By Ray Bradbury

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The short story “Naming of Names” by Ray Bradbury is about the protagonist, Harry, who moved to Mars with his family and immediately doesn’t like the change. Resisting change causes more harm than good. When his friends tell him, ”You’re getting thinner Harry”, he responds I’m not. They tell him, “and taller”, he yells, “liar!”. Harry loses some of his social friends due to his bad behavior. Harry adjusts to change very poorly and ends up hurting himself and other people. As soon as Harry starts using the Martian word “Iorrt”, which means Earth, he freaks out and drops the telephone. In his effort to stop change, he got angrier, and would yell at his wife for no reason. This might just have ruined their relationship if his wife was not under

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