Dark They Were And Golden Eyed Summary

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Mars is the New World
What if you were sent to a planet and left there to die? The story “Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed,” is about a family who has fled from Earth to Mars because earth is at war. This is very similar to how people left their homes it hope of safety by colonizing other areas.
The story is about the Bitterlings who have moved from Earth to Mars for safety. The Bitterlings wanted to go home, but Cora (Wife) shook her head, “one day the atom bomb will fix Earth, then we’ll be safe here.” (Bradbury 480). his is implying that something bad is going. Mars is the new, “safe place.” This relates to how the Europeans sailed to the New World (Americas). When Christopher Columbus sailed to North America he adapted to the environment to survive, that lead to …show more content…

As the Bitterlings ate the food on Mars they began to change mentally and physically, the overall environment had an impact on the Bitterlings. “Cora, how long have your eyes been yellow?” (Bradbury 485) First their eyes started to change to adapt to the environment. The they all became “taller and thinner” Bradbury 484). This proves that colonization in a new area changes a person due to adaptation. The story is related to how the Europeans colonized America in many ways. The Bitterlings are like the Europeans, the “Martians” (Bradbury 480), are like the Native Americans who were in that area first. These observations prove that colonizations is in closer relation to “Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed.”
This story is not related to the atom bomb story because there is no conflict in the making of the atom bomb. Though the atom bombs are used it is not the focus of the story. The atom bombs hit Japan. There is no mention of conflict between two people, or countries in “Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed.” Therefor the atom bomb story is not related to “Dark They Were, and Golden

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