![]() ![]() ![]() “R is for Rocket” is full of the normal Bradbury sci-fi elements, but I think the reason this particular story caught my attention was the characterization of Chris. He dreams that one day a uniformed man will descend from the sky in a blue helicopter outside his door and take him to the astronaut academy. Chris is in a veritable purgatory of waiting. In his world, astronauts are selected out of the population sometime before age 22. He is so consumed with the idea that he can think of nothing else. Children in my short stories always sound like 22-year olds …Įven the title “R is for Rocket” is an allusion to childhood! The story focuses on a boy named Chris who dreams of being an astronaut. I’ve always thought it was hard to write from the perspective of a child. Why did I like this short story so much? Bradbury really hits the nail on the head in regards to writing from the perspective of a 15-year old. “R is for Rocket” can be found in the collection of short stories entitled Golden Apples of the Sun. Reading his short stories makes me see space ships by the side of the freeway and ghosts among the starts … ![]()
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