dbury'swriting style - the pessimistic side of life, where he discussed a future where mankind isslowly destroying itself.The sense of what is best in America and what is best for the American peopleand humanity as a whole, is another thing that fuels his literature. He writes on topicsrelevant to what is happening in society. Mars and book burning are a couple of them. The burning of books would be related not directly to book burning, but rather is one ofthe most powerful anti -censorship writings of its time.The optimism expressed in his writings inspires the human race to reach newlimits. The Martian Chronicles speak of a journey to Mars. Today, people are striving togo to Mars. The Final Frontier, according to Bradbury, is "the wilderness of space." Therefore, he likes to focus on stories based outside the atmosphere of Earth. One story,"The Fire Balloons," talks about two priests that debate whether or not native blue-fireballs have souls. In a story called "The Man" Jesus leaves a distant planet the day beforean Earth rocket lands. In his poem "Christus Apollo," he states that "Christ wanders inthe Universe/ A flesh of stars." It is evident from these examples that he brings thefamiliar world of the church into the unfamiliar environment of distant planets and therest of outer space. This effect gives the reader some familiarity with the story, andallows him to be drawn deeper into it. Bradbury's writings about space inspired oneApollo astronaut to name a crater on the moon, the Dandelion Crater, after his novelDandelion Wine. The most influential factor to Bradbury's writings, as well as those of any author,is the expanse of his or her imagination. Evidently, limits have not yet been found inBradbury's. His imagination transports his readers through time and space to amazingworlds that we are unfamiliar with. Through his stories, we become familiarized withthem. The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 depend on...
