Analysis Of Dark They Were And Golden Eyed By Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury is considered by many as the father of the science fiction genre. However many believe he used his stories to criticize racism, technology, censorship, nuclear war, and human values. Many of his works were influenced by childhood experiences, his love of technology and his vivid imagination. He was known primarily for his science fiction short stories. Two of them are “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed,” and “A Sound of Thunder.” Both of these stories fall into the classification of Science Fiction, but they are set in different time frames and different places. “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed” takes place on Mars. The time is not really stated, but by inference it takes place thousands of years in the future, when space travel for an

Imagery can be thought of as a picture painted out of words, or in other words the use of vivid details to enhance the readers views and understanding of what is happening in the story. One thing that distinguishes a good writer from an average writer is the words the writer chooses to use to describe the plot and characters. An exceptional writer does not simply tell a story; but also brings the reader immediately into the scene and provides a characterization of who the characters are in the story. Bradbury writes about a Martian terrain and environment in “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed.” Bradbury effectively describes what his character sees: “ . . . old cities, lost and lying like children 's delicate bones among the lakes of grass.” The “yellow hair” of his children “hollered at the deep dome of Martian sky. There was no answer but the racing hiss of wind through the stiff grass.” This tells the reader that there are no other people are around, so the reader gets a feeling for the loneliness and isolation of the Bittering family, and creates the atmosphere in which the story will evolve (Bradbury, “Dark They Were and Golden