The Surreal Feel

Chris Cota
American Literature, Per. 2
December 4, 2003
Mr. Krob
The Surreal Feel
What would the world be like if everyone possessed an imagination like that of Ray Bradbury’s? The world would not be as dull. It would be full of surprises and technology far greater than what exists now. The technology that exists today would be considered obsolete. In Ray Bradbury’s “April 2005: Usher II”, Bradbury has a very creative mind and he knows how to use it. Three ways in which Bradbury puts his creative mind to use are: By setting the tone of scenarios using descriptive words, by taking the reader’s mind into the future of technological advancements, and by creating elaborate fantasy worlds in his stories. These traits of Bradbury’s are unique in their own way.
Bradbury uses descriptive words that set the tone of the scenarios in his stories. “Very desolate, very terrible!”(25) In this scene Bradbury uses vivid adjectives to describe places that are mac...