With that the LaFarges still take him to town even as Tom protests and warns them of a new loss because "the people...Changing and changing. The trap"(Bradbury 156). To this extent the Martian is a metaphor for the new world and operation of the colonist desires because the Martian represents how easily people were lost after the Second World War. Because many people were without a nation or home and therefore lacked identity, the majority in power easily took advantage of them. They were easily swallowed up by Americanization in a need to survive their new world and fit into society. This in turn, resulted in a loss of their culture. Finally Bradbury brings this theme to light ultimately by the colonists causing the death of the Martian because it lacks identity it is easily manipulated by desire. Due its telepathic abilities that at one time made it unique, this gift now contributes to its...

The colonists compound this situation as they fight over the Martian and its ability to fulfill their sense of loss. "How many different faces shaped over Tom's face, all wrong? All down the way pursued and the pursuing, the dream and the dreams" (161). In this way the Martian represents a clean slate so easily used by man and his desires until it can no longer live. Bradbury's tone is remorseful as if he is commenting on the plight of human society and it will not progress.
Conclusion

This paper discussed Ray Bradbury's story "The Martian" found in his novel the Martian Chronicles as social commentary of the times in which he witnessed yet this tone and representation of man's inhumanity to man applies to today's society and issues.

Works Cited

Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1950.