The Illustrated Man: A Short Analysis: Home

You'll choose to analyze ONE of four short stories from Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man.

• "The Veldt"
• "Kaleidoscope"
• "Marionettes, Inc."
• "The Other Foot"

This organizer is to be used when re-reading the story after reading the article.

Here's an example of the above organizer filled out (The Long Rain).

Your Works Cited should have TWO entries: 

1. The book
2. The article

You will use MyBib.com to create the Works Cited.

Go to mybib.com and click on Login.  Rename the "project" if you like.

For the book:  Click on Book.  Enter Book Title.  Click to select.

For the database article:  Click on More.  Click on Write/Paste (last one).  Paste the Citation from the Database article into the first box.  Click on Save.  

For ONE of the stories below, choose ONE article and analyze it using a Note Taking Sheet. To see an example of a filled out Note Taking Sheet, click here. You will use information from the article to write a short analysis comparing the story with the article.

The Veldt - Parents allow technology to take over their role as parents as their children becoming increasingly undisciplined.

• "Insomniac Toddlers - Is it a Result of Tablet Addiction?"
• "Tech Focus: Would You Feel at Home in a Smarthome?"

Kaleidoscope - The crew of a doomed spaceship faces their own mortality as they drift helplessly through space.

• "Enjoy Every Sandwich: Living Each Day as If It Were Your Last."
• "Facing our Mortality."

Marionettes - An unhappily married man buys a robot to act as a surrogate for his wife. The robot falls in love with the man's wife and locks the husband away.

• "Is the Increased Use of Artificial Intelligence Reducing Our Natural Intelligence? "
• "In Dolls and Cartoons, Devoted Fans in Japan See Marriage Material"

The Other Foot - Mars is colonized solely by black people. When they learn that a rocket is coming from Earth with white men, they plan to institute a system of racial segregation but change their minds.

• "Marking a National Day of Racial Healing in a Tumultuous Time."
• "What Healing in America Could Look Like."

• Chronological (if dealing with a chronological plot) - The order of the story. 
• Cause and Effect 
• Build an argument, starting with the least compelling evidence and building to the most impressive point.