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BradburyA common write up in science fiction is outer billet. Many of Bradburys stories take berth there. As critic Wayne L. Johnson observes, For Bradbury, space is not merely a portray upon which stories of the future are played, it is what the Great Plains were to the pioneers, not just a verge but a symbol of the future for the human race (49). If space serves as a symbol of the future for the human race, the story Kaleidoscope has a large amount of symbolism. In this story, the crew of a spaceship is flavour into space. The first concussion cut the rocket up the side with a giant can opener. The men were thrown into space like a dozen wriggling silverfish. They were scattered into a dark sea and the ship, in a million pieces, went on, a meteor swarm seeking a lost sunlight (Bradbury The Stories of Ray Bradbury 143). The view expressed in Kaleidoscope is that although mint come from one original being, they grow apart all the time. This different evolution is cl early expressed as each member of the crew, although dislocated for a short time, changes their view on the situation. The crewmen being hurled at the sun has a happy attitude, while the ones being hurled into darkness are engulfed in it. Bradbury might have not intended the reader to find this piece of music in the story, but it shows how creatures adapt to their environment. An other(a) element of Bradburys writing is golems. Wayne L. Johnson explains that the robot represents the ultimate heart of the scientific conceit, wherein mens knowledge of the universe becomes so great that he is able to play God and create other men (73). Robots represent the degrading value of life present in society. All of Bradburys robot stories found in The Stories of Ray Bradbury come to dejected endings. They are horror stories as well as light-hearted warnings against taking robots for given (74). Many stories with robots are considered science fiction because robots are considered to be futuristic things. Bradbury uses robots to show the value people place on science over human beings. In Marionettes, Inc., two men are unhappy with their wives. virtuoso man, Braling tells the other man, Smith, that he has purchased a robot to take his place as a husband.