![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And Bradbury also uses the word ‘invasion’ to describe the arrival of the rockets.īut what suggested this image of a swarm of locusts to Bradbury, or was it simply an inspired piece of imaginative writing? We might grant the latter while nevertheless seeking an answer to the former. Although it is the rockets rather than the people inside them which are branded as ‘like locusts’, it is a telling simile nonetheless. It is revealing that Bradbury chose the title ‘The Locusts’ for this little interim piece in the larger story, with the image of a swarm of dangerous insects – pests, we might say – portraying the rockets bringing the Earthmen and women to Mars painting the settlers in a negative light. Might we not detect a parallel with colonial settlers travelling to a new world and immediately seeking to impose their values and preferences (which they perceive as superior) upon the land? Perhaps. ![]()
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