The Martian Chronicles | Themes/Characters
Underlying Bradbury's populism is an enormous nostalgia for the simplicity of wholesome small-town life, circa 1930, and this theme infuses The Martian Chronicles as well as many of the author's other works. His immigrants to Mars are usually looking for a place to call their own, a cozy home and bit of land. When they reach Mars they immediately set about turning it into another, better version of where they came from. In "The Off Season" Sam Parkhill thinks that he has achieved his dream by opening up his own roadside hot dog stand. Other new immigrants set up luggage stores,...
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