"The fact is that as we get older the wonders and awes seem to fade a trifle. In his introduction to "Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow," Bradbury states: I think that, at another level, this story is about (1) the loss of imagination, and (2) the loss of "life" by focusing on the mundane tasks of adulthood.Ī lot of Bradbury's ideas relate to the wonder of childhood. If Bradbury cites this world as being in perfect stability, he is probably setting it up for some flaw to appear and destroy it. I think another interesting tangent would be to look at Bradbury's other instances of Utopias. This way, I think, they don't have to face the "perfect" weapons of man. Using the children allows the aliens to arrive all over the earth at the same time. No unhappy ones, no disgruntled ones therefore the world was based upon a stable ground." A situation of incredibly beautiful balance had been brought about. The perfect weapons were held in equal trust by all nations. Arm in arm, men all over earth were a united front. "There was the universal, quiet conceit and easiness of men accustomed to peace, quite certain there would never be trouble again. The invaders realize that the earth has become impenetrable. 'Until one day,' whispered Mink melodramatically, 'they thought of the children!" And they couldn't figure a way to surprise Earth or get help. And he says also you got to have help from your enemy. he says in order to make a good fight you got to have a new way of surprising people. The story even spells that out when it states: I think that in a lot of the really good Bradbury stories, things operate at several levels.Īt the most simple level, it is a tale of the invasion of Earth from another planet (Jupiter, Saturn, Venus?) in the manner of a Trojan Horse. Truth is, I had not thought of the story in those terms, so I'm grateful for the added insight. Bradbury often attacks conformity and ties it to television and mass media. I think Nightshade definitely has one aspect of what "Zero Hour" is doing. They came, they saw, they conquered and, being long blue shadows that embraced uniformity they made sure that within ten years of their invasion there was a television in nearly half of American homes, with ample opportunity for increasing nullifying media saturation, knowing by the next century their objective will be completely fulfilled. But I am not exactly sure of what really happened. What I understood was that she was helping Martians to invade earth. She also talks about someone called Drill. It's about a girl named Mink Morris and she seems to be extremely brilliant. It's this one story I could not understand. I just finished reading The Illustrated Man. Seems like forever ago!)Īuthor Topic: It was too complicated for me. (I just noticed, I posted this when I was a junior member. The question has already, as the lawyers say, been "asked and answered." If you use the search tool, you can often get information.
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