Ray Bradbury grew up during some of the roughest times in recent history. His sci-fi stories are of future lands on other worlds or alternate realities thought to be far beyond ever thought possible. However within these stories there is a consistent hero he sees above and beyond with this almost out of world perception. Each of these heroes are bold and cunning, each of these heroes are Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, on August 22, 1920, the son of Esther Moberg Bradbury and Leonard Bradbury. Ray was the third child after his parents having twin boys four years earlier .One of his older twin brothers, Sam, died before Ray Bradbury’s birth, and a younger sister, Elizabeth, died when he was seven. Despite economic