Dark They Were And Golden-Eyed Figurative Language

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"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury about a group of people who flee Earth to settle on Mars and are alarmed when strange things start happening. Bradbury creates a tense atmosphere through the way he describes Mars, and the events that take place. Bradbury’s use of figurative language helps create the tense atmosphere of the story. One example of this is when he says, “The wind blew, whining. At any moment the Martian air might draw his soul from him, as marrow come from a white bone,”(1). This quote makes it seem like the Mars has the power to kill the Earth people whenever it pleases, which in turn adds an edgy feeling to the story. Another instance is, “Earth people left to the strangeness

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