Ray Bradburys The Martian Chronicles Essay -- Ray Bradbury Martian Ch

Ray Bradburys The Martian ChroniclesIf the Martian Chronicles had been written in the 1999s instead of fifty years ago, legion(predicate) issues and problems would change. Ray Bradbury wrote his book in 1946. In it he wrote about problems such as censorship, slices cruelty to objet dart, and loneliness. Each issue shows up in one or two of his chronicles. All of his issues affect every one of his characters in many different ways.Censorship is a main problem or issue today, and in the book it shows up in one of his chronicles, Usher II. In this chronicle, a man builds a house of Usher. One man points (he was from a group that was against all forms of imagination) out, No books, no houses, nothing to be produced which in any way suggests ghosts, vampires, fairies, or any creature of imagination. Yet in this house he saw all of these things and much. The chronicle also brings up the issue of censoring certain books by authors such as Edgar Allen Poe. The house that is build is bas ed on a house that is in one of Poes books. The unimaginative man is ignorant to the facts of Edgar A. P.s books and does not even recognize the pleasant of death he was about to face that was directly copied out of a book. If it were to happen today and now, the only books that would be allowed would be schoolbooks, and even those books could not consider theories. That is the way censorship is brought up in the book. Today, however, it affects more than just books. It is used in movies, TV, news, magazines, and the Internet. Words, obscenity, and some vulgar things butt be kept from the viewing audience. They can keep certain people, those seventeen and younger from seeing movies, TV, or Internet sites. In the book one character makes a point of saying, ignorance is fatal.Mans cruelty to man is another issue in the Martian Chronicles that is and was a problem in the real world. In the book, it shows up in three chronicles, Ylla, The finish off Season, and Way in the Middle of the Air. Ylla and The Off Season are more of family cruelty, while Way in the Middle of the Air deals more with racism. Both are reasons that people get hurt and even die for no reason. Or for a stupid reason like color or gender. In Ylla, Ylla, or Mrs. K., is noticing that her marriage is not as fun as it used to be and her and her husband dont go out anymore. Bu... ...family pass on Mars. His real family had died years before. He was so lonely that he created robots to replace his dead family. He could not handle the fact that his family had died and left him to conk alone. Many people, if they could, would bring back their diseased family members, loved but unforgotten.Most people miss family and friends that cast moved or died. Some just whitethorn be shy and not have friends. Loneliness is something one cant do anything about. It will happen. You cant even make a law against it because it is a feeling. Some get oer there loneliness by meeting new people, but still others ne ver get over it and live lonely.All of these issues mentioned are important today and it the book. Some have become better of over the last fifty years some have become worse. Other issues not chosen affect life and the world too. Although these issues are still a problem, the world is what it is because of the, be that good or bad. Censorship, mans cruelty to man, and loneliness will affect us even if we are on another planet. However that does not mean that we shouldnt furnish to stop the problem. If we work together we can abolish the wrongs of this world