Symbolism In The Smiling People By Ray Bradbury

“The Smiling People” by Ray Bradbury Symbolism in mental health In the story, “The Smiling People”, sound is symbolic of Mr. Greppin’s emotions and psychological state. This is shown through his actions and reactions to sound or the lack of it in his home. Mr. Greppin is a very sensitive person, he likes things to go his way and when they don’t, he can panic or become hysterical. Evidence to support this is, “‘No, keep quiet!’ he shouted. ‘There can’t be noise in my house’” (5). Furthermore, “He destroyed the vase with one violent kick” (5). Mr. Greppin was desperately trying to prevent noise from being in his house, which would not disturb someone so profoundly in a sound mental state. When he first hears this noise in his house, the story