Things Aren't Always The Way They Seem In the story The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury explores the theme of how things aren't always the way they seem. Bradbury shows how easily it is for someone to mislead another being as a bad person based on the way they look. The illustrated man goes through his daily life knowing that he frightens other people and scares away little children and he knows that there is nothing he can do about it. The author explores the theme of “Things aren't always the way they seem” by displaying people's reactions to the illustrated man, showing that there is always a inside to every outside, and showing how people don't accept you if you if you refuse to conform to society. The author displays the theme by showing
