The Martian Chronicles Chapter Summary
The first book I decided to read this summer was The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. This book was first published in 1946. However, it is set in the distant future, as many of his novels are. Bradbury begins his novel in January of 2030 in Ohio where a rocket is launched into space heading for Mars. In the following month on Mars, a Martian named Ylla begins having strange dreams about a rocket from Earth landing on her planet and a strange creature named Nathaniel York emerging from it. Ylla’s dreams come true, and the men from Earth finally land on Mars, but her husband shoots them all. The next expedition from Earth lands in August 2030, this time carrying three men who are led by Captain Williams. They explore the civilization and
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In the section titled November 2036: The Silent Towns, a man, Walter Gripps finds himself to be the only man left on Mars because every other human that had settled there decided to return to Earth after hearing of a nuclear war breaking out there. A swell idea...,.He eventually can contact the last woman on Mars, Genevieve Selsor, through telephone and plans to meet her in town. Walter pictures this woman as he hears her, sweet and fine. Voices may be deceiving. Walter had been so excited to meet her. He had a smile plastered on his face as he walked through the town looking for her. He finally found her emerge from a shop carrying a box of chocolates. His smile dropped. Standing in front of Walter was a less that perfect image of the woman he had imagined. She was a heavyset woman with extremely messy hair and unfortunate eyebrows. They spend the rest of the day together with Walter trying to be a polite as possible without showing his disappointment until Genevieve shows Walter a wedding dress simply because they’re they only two people on Mars. Walter wastes no time, says goodbye to Genevieve and rides off into the sunset to live alone for the rest of his life. This man would rather live alone in the woods than marry the last woman on Mars. I found this part to be very humorous and similar to something you’d see in a cartoon or a sitcom. But that’s got to be a huge blow to Genevieve’s
In the section titled November 2036: The Silent Towns, a man, Walter Gripps finds himself to be the only man left on Mars because every other human that had settled there decided to return to Earth after hearing of a nuclear war breaking out there. A swell idea...,.He eventually can contact the last woman on Mars, Genevieve Selsor, through telephone and plans to meet her in town. Walter pictures this woman as he hears her, sweet and fine. Voices may be deceiving. Walter had been so excited to meet her. He had a smile plastered on his face as he walked through the town looking for her. He finally found her emerge from a shop carrying a box of chocolates. His smile dropped. Standing in front of Walter was a less that perfect image of the woman he had imagined. She was a heavyset woman with extremely messy hair and unfortunate eyebrows. They spend the rest of the day together with Walter trying to be a polite as possible without showing his disappointment until Genevieve shows Walter a wedding dress simply because they’re they only two people on Mars. Walter wastes no time, says goodbye to Genevieve and rides off into the sunset to live alone for the rest of his life. This man would rather live alone in the woods than marry the last woman on Mars. I found this part to be very humorous and similar to something you’d see in a cartoon or a sitcom. But that’s got to be a huge blow to Genevieve’s