cursed to work for the carnival proprietor, Dark. The two young boys, Jim Nightshade and Will Holloway, enter this carnival and find what’s been happening to the citizens of this small town. They then enlist the help of Wills’ father in fighting this evil. In the end, the trio over comes Dark with joy and laughter (256-58). I have only gone into detail of three of Mr. Bradbury’s books because these titles seem to be what attracted the most followers to his writings. Many loved him, and that is what makes writers special in their own way. Then again, you cannot have love with out a since of hate. In one such resource that I used, the book quoted a columnist favorable to Bradbury and another who was truly outraged; which I believe myself quite lucky to have found. The Defender, a Mr. Marvin E. Mengeling, puts Mr. Bradbury on a pedestal and is quoted writing, “It is Ray Bradbury style that remains his most distinguishing characteristic……….his style is ‘ a curious mixture of poetry and colloquialism’ (Riley, 42).” Another, the Prosecutor, Mr. Donald A. Wolfheim, lays Bradbury out and proceeds to kick him while he’s down. He is basically disowns any titles given to Bradbury by other authors and considers him a man that does not believe in a ‘happy ending’. He goes on to tell the read how much Mr. Bradbury distrust science and fears the world deriving its substance from such things. Yet, in the end, he makes up for it through out his statement that Mr. Bradbury is truly a poetic and his imagination is superb, but he puts down science to much (42-43). All in all, it can be said that Mr. Bradbury’s gift of creativity is what supports him in the mainstream of writing and that his style is what makes him unique.All said and done, Mr. Bradbury was a poor writer and could not base a thread of his material on scientific knowledge. But he had a style tha...
