Bradbury Essay

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Bradbury Essay Directions Bradbury’s Thesis: “Science and technology should never come at the expense of human life.” The job of your essay is to explain how his 3 stories demonstrate (show, prove) that thesis. Step 1: After reading the 3 Bradbury stories, go back and review each story. Identify the science or technology that caused HARM to humans. Explain HOW it caused harm. What did it do? Be thorough and clear. Step 2: Go back and reread each story, looking for specific places in the story where the technology caused harm. Copy down Bradbury’s exact words. Use quotation marks and identify the page number. Step 3: Write a Thesis Statement. Remember that a thesis statement is structured as SUBJECT + OPINION ABOUT THE SUBJECT (This is the point you are going to prove). My example: Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”, “There Will Come Soft Rains”, and “The Veldt” clearly demonstrate his belief that science and technology should never come at the expense of human life. Step 4: Write a topic sentence for each body paragraph. Remember that a topic sentence is structured as SUBJECT + OPINION ABOUT THE SUBJECT (This is the point you are going to prove). My examples: In “A Sound of Thunder” Bradbury uses a time machine to show how technology can deliver unintended consequences. *In “A Sound of Thunder”, Ray Bradbury uses a time machine to show the harm of technology. “There Will Come Soft Rains” illustrates Bradbury’s theme by showing the devastation of a nuclear bomb. Bradbury’s vision of how a nuclear holocaust has destroyed human life is the setting of “There Will Come Soft Rains”. In Bradbury’s “The Veldt”, an electronic nursery turns children into homicidal sociopaths. An electronic nursery replaces the parent-child relationship leaving dire consequences in Bradbury’s “The Veldt.” Step 5: Add your short summary of the
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