"When I was a kid my folks took me to visit Mexico City. I'll always remember the way my father acted--loud and big. And my mother didn't like the people because they were dark and didn't wash enough. And my sister wouldn't talk to most of them." ... "Anything that's strange is no good to the average American. If it doesn't have Chicago plumbing, it's nonsense." [spoken by Jeff Spender in a chapter of The Martian Chronicles entitled "June 2001: And the Moon Still Be As Bright"]
Spender portays his family as close-minded, ignorant and ethnocentric. He goes on to insinuate that his family's actions reflect that of an average American. Does this excerpt truly describe a typical American's attitude toward other cultures?
What do you think?
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Ray Bradbury: The Martian Chronicles
"Marriage made people old and familiar, while still young." [Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles]
This is one of the things that I love about Mr. Bradbury's writing - the way he weaves thoughts about everyday human nature into his science fiction stories. Many science fiction novels are not just entertainment, but are commentaries on society, and contain predictions of what the author thinks may ocurr or is already ocurring. Ray Bradbury works his observations of everyday life into his writing as well.
This is one of the things that I love about Mr. Bradbury's writing - the way he weaves thoughts about everyday human nature into his science fiction stories. Many science fiction novels are not just entertainment, but are commentaries on society, and contain predictions of what the author thinks may ocurr or is already ocurring. Ray Bradbury works his observations of everyday life into his writing as well.
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