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This chapter included vivid sensory detail, creating great imagery of the illustrated man. The narrator met the illustrated man running down an asphalt road in Wisconsin. In a days time the man had learned the life story of the illustrated man, including the day that he got his illustrations, and the "tattoo artist" who he plans to kill if ever seen again. When watched, the illustrations move, and each tell a story. While spending the night with him under a bench, the narrator watched the forbidden illustrations come to life as the chapter ends.

This story upon the illustrated man was of the Hadley family who had purchased a house, which did everything for them except for sleep. The house even carried them from floor to floor, by an air flue. The two children, Peter and Wendy, because of the house, overtime had replaced their parents with the a room called a vedlt. The vedlt made the thoughts of whoever was in it come to life. The children learned to love this room, because it gave them everything they wanted. When the children learned of their parents' plans to try and "kill" the entire house, they informed the vedlt, and had the lions in the vedlt of Africa, to eat their parents. Brad

In this chapter, children turn on their parents. The parents become afraid of their children's imaginations. The children are upset because their parents can't bring themselves to believe in what the children do. The parents are scared of these things. In the end of this chapter, the parents result to hiding from the children in the attic. Bradbury uses almost personification of the children's imaginations.

In this chapter, a rocket had blown up, leaving its' crew falling in space. Though thousands of miles away, the crew was able to talk about where they were headed, after realizing that they had no choice. Once all communication was lost, captain Hollis realized that he had nothing to try and live for, and thought of what he could now do for himself to say that his life had been worth living. There was nothing. The chapter ends with captain Hollis burning alive like a shooting star over Illinois. The theme in this chapter is to live for today. You can't always think, "well there's tomorrow."

The man that had been watching these stories upon the illustrated man's back saw the next story of himself being killed by the illustrated man. The man left the illustrated man, like every other person had done in his life. Once again, the illustrated man was alone. Who ever said that these stories all really happened?

This story was about a group of missionaries who went to Mars to start a religious system for the Martians. After realizing that the only Martians left were inhuman spheres of blue fire, Father Peregrine decided to look more into the creatures, and by tests and experiments, found that they were gods gifts. When the fire balloons were invited to a church service that was being held, they finally talked and told Father Peregrine that they had left there sins, along with their former body conditions, and became free spirits that live in the wind. Being that they already knew god, they advised the missionaries to build the church in a town with humans. I think Bradbury is telling us that you cannot judge a book by it's cover. When the other missionaries were scared of the "devil-sent creatures," Father Peregrine wasn't, and found out who they really were.

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Approximate Word count = 2235
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels