Douglas And Mr. Koberman By Ray Bradbury: Literary Analysis

Additionally, another theme the story is trying to illustrate to the audience is that people aren’t always who they say they are. Some people are two faced, in which they seem like good people, but the reality is they are not. In the story, Mr. Koberman seems like a nice quiet man, but in reality he is a vampire causing harm to the world. No one shines attention on that, except for Douglas, all the adults just ignore and dismiss any suspicious things about the man upstairs. Ultimately, Ray Bradbury shows us how people aren’t always who we think they are.
Through Bradbury’s use of conflict and tension we explore fear of children. Douglas and Mr. Koberman are two forces that are conflicting right from when Douglas views Mr. Koberman as an unusual