Summary Of The Martian Chronicles

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The Martian Chronicles vs. US I. Introduction In the Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury he establishes the theme that human are not ready to go to Mars if something happens on earth because they won’t be able to handle it. “The Taxpayer,” “The Watchers” and “The Silent Towns” are all built upon this theme. II. “The Taxpayer” A. “There was going to be a big atomic war on Earth in about two years, and he didn’t want to be here when it happened” (42). B. They laughed out through the wire screen at him. He didn’t want to go to Mars, they said. Didn’t he know that the First and Second Expeditions had failed, he vanished” (42). C. But they couldn’t prove it; they didn’t know for sure, he said clinging to the wire fence” (43). III. “The Watchers”