The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Journal entry 6

Five Comments

1. The people were saying that blacks were the ones that built the rockets

2. Some women were crying, others were very serious and others were stunned

3. The black people are planning on going to Mars

4. Many white men are shocked that blacks are trying to go to Mars

5. Mr. Teece tries to stop them from going to Mars

Four Questions

1. What's there a hurricane?

2. Why were some women crying?

3. Why did people go back to Earth?

4. Why did blacks want to go to Mars?

Three Words

1. Proprietor:

2. Levee:

3. Tributaries:

Two Literary Techniques

1. Imagery: " Between the blazing banks of the towns stores, among the tree silences, a black tide flowed" (Bradbury 90).

2. Simile: " He remembered nights when men drove up to his house, their knees sticking up sharp and their shotguns sticking up sharper, like a carful of cranes under the night trees of summer, their eyes mean" (Bradbury 100).

One Sentence Summary:

1. Mr. Teece and many others want to stop the blacks from going to Mars.