- The Illustrated man -Week #1: Predictions By Samuel Gressitt “The Illustrated man” by Ray Bradbury is apart of the 1951 collection of eighteen science fiction short stories. This book has a very interesting plot that has definitely intrigued me so far. The book is about a man who worked in a freak show that needed something else to show. He went to a tattoo artist to add something else to his act. After he got the illustrations he was cursed. The pictures would move during the night telling stories of different realities. The traveller who's describing the moving images saw the illustrated man and invited him to stay by the fire for the night.
The story is more about what the tattoos depict while they are moving. So far there have been 5 stories that have been described all of which tell a very interesting and engaging story. I think that the stories that I have read so far have involved a dark mysterious theme that almost all have something to do with technology and their relations to people. I think that the stories also give some very deep perspectives. In one of the stories it depicts astronauts that have been stranded into space. This leaves one of the characters martin, talking about his life and how he envies another because of the things that he has experienced and how he will be able to die with those memories while martin will only be able to dream them. The illustrated man told the traveler that one of the spots on his back will fill in with the life of whoever he's around. I think that this may come into play maybe not in the next few chapters but eventually will create a conflict. I think the traveler will continue to describe the stories that he is watching unravel. My reading Partners are Olivia Trussell and Leah Maxwell. The buttons below will take you to their reading blogs.
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AuthorSamuel Gressitt |