Dark They Were And Golden-Eyed
Science fiction is a very interesting subject because you never really know for sure if its
fiction or not. The scientific information contained in these stories makes you think; could
this be real? The possibility is always there, in the back of your mind, just lingering around
that these concepts could be reality. One day when you hear on the news about something
you read in a science fiction novel, or saw in a science fiction movie, youll really start
thinking about it. Ray Bradburys Dark They Were and
Golden-Eyed is a great science fiction story to get you thinking about science fiction. Im
going to try and use Bradburys story as an example of science fiction as genre. In Dark
they Were and Golden-Eyed Bradbury shows you how life might be like if people lived on
Mars. He gives the people a reason for going to Mars and then a reason why they must stay
there. The people on Mars slowly start to change, their skin turns dark and their eyes begin
to be covered with a gold film. None of the human really cared except for one, Harry
Bittering. Harry was reluctant to stay since the second he stepped on to Mars. When him
and his family got off the rocket and looked around Harry got a cold look on his face,
“Whats wrong?” asked his wife. “Lets get back on the rocket.” Said Harry. “Go back to
Earth?” said his wife. “Yes! Listen!” said Harry (131). Bradbury repeats a lot of words like
