Obsession Depicted In Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man

In the “Illustrated Man”, Ray Bradbury demonstrates that when one is obsessed with something negative, consequences are bound to happen. In “The Veldt”, Peter and Wendy are obsessed with the nursery and as a result get into a fight with their parents, which lead to their parent’s death. When the parents threaten to shut the nursery off, their obsession becomes obvious, as they lock their parents into the nursery and say, “Don’t let them switch off the nursery and the house”. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley excessive spending on their children caused them to become obsessed with technology. When their parents threaten to shut down the nursery, the children develop hate towards them and acted irresponsibly by locking them into the nursery. This story helps to advance the main theme as the children’s obsession lead to the consequence of their parents dying.
In “The Visitor”, the infected people on Mars became obsessed with spending time with Mark Leonard. As Saul predicted when saying “Don’t you realize what’ll happen once they discover your talent? They’ll fight over you. They’ll kill each other for the right to own you”. Everyone on Mars fought over the privilege of being with
Braling was obsessed with going to Rio so much that he bought a Marionette so he could go to Rio because his wife would not notice he is gone. Mr. Braling buys a ticket to Rio and explains to smith that, “ She won’t know I’m gone. I’ll be back in a month and no one the wiser, except you”. Smith’s obsession with going Rio caused him to abuse technology. He is so obsessed with Rio that instead of fixing his relationship with his wife he takes the short cut and buys a replacement. Mr. Braling is oblivious to the danger of buying a Marionette but discovers it when the Marionette decides it doesn’t want to be a replacement and imprisons Mr. Braling. Mr. Braling's obsession with Rio caused him to make irrational decisions and eventually face the negative consequences of his