In Ray Bradbury's book "The Martian Chronicles" a character named Spender appears in one of the longer chapters of the book, Spender is concerned about the arrival of colonizers on Mars and the effect they will have on the planet, and as is seen later in the book all of his predictions come true, but did this make him a hero? Spender was concerned about the destruction of Mars as a whole. He was concerned about Capitalism taking over. He was also worried about the culture of Mars being disregarded by humans. One of Spender's concerns about Mars was the destruction of the planet. He was worried that humans would, "rip it up, rip the skin off, and change it to fit ourselves. This is a valid concern that is especially validated when you look at the colonization of the new world with the death of the natives, ruined ecology, and massive metropolitan areas where the natives used to live. This came true even while Spender was alive, as fellow pilgrims were breaking windows of the ruins and throwing cans in rivers. …show more content…
His claim, "The only reason we didn’t set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose. ", was almost prophetic to the future of the planet as later in the book one of the men on the same expedition as him opened a hot dog stand near Martian ruins. At that very stand his old colleague said, “Boy, what a change for me! If the boys from the Fourth Expedition could see me now. Am I glad to be in business myself while all the rest of them guys’re still soldiering around. We’ll make thousands, Elma, thousands,” showing how factual Spender prediction