![]() “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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