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Ray Bradbury
MARIONETTES, INC.
Fall 2008Coleman’s Classroom www.clmn.net
Ray Bradbury
1920-2012
“I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.”
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SOME OF HIS BOOKS• Fahrenheit 451• The Martian Chronicles• Something Wicked This Way Comes• Dandelion Wine• The Sound of Thunder and Other Stories• Death Is a Lonely Business
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IDIOMATIC PHRASES
Crowd My Luck
being so overconfident as to diminish one’s luck or fortune
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IDIOMATIC PHRASES
Splitting Hairs
making miniscule differences between points of argument
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IDIOMATIC PHRASES
Knees Turned To Water
means weak, not solid, can’t stand up
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IDIOMATIC PHRASES
Marriage (or other thing) Hasn’t Been Roses
roses are positive
rose garden is considered a pleasant place- many idioms about roses
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Martina McBride
“Rose Garden”
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SONG EXCERPT
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There’s gotta be a little rain sometime…
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LITERARY TERMS: THEME
A main subject discussed or described in writing
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• Technology• Benefits• Detriments
• Relationships• Braling / Wife• Braling / Braling
2• Brailing 2 / Wife• Smith / Wife
SOME THEMES IN MARIONETTES, INC
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OTHER THEMES?
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MAIN IDEA?
• Technology has risks and costs• Nothing is free in life• Relationships are tough• Others?
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WHO?
• Braling• Smith• Braling 2• Braling’s Wife• Smith’s Wife
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WHEN / WHERE?
• Modern Era
• British city but could be any city
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WHAT / WHY?
• Both men unhappy in marriage
• Seek relief from technology
• Both situations end badly for the men
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•Why is Braling unhappy with his wife?•What does he want?•Why is Smith unhappy with his
wife?•What does he want?
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•What happens with Smith?
•What happens with Braling?
• Did the men get what they deserved?
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• How did the women end up? Better or worse?
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• How would you use a Marionette in your life??
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DISCUSSION ?S
Mr. Smith says “I’ll just slip eight thousand pounds out as a business venter… Nettie never need know” AND “What did she mean, taking their money like this?”
What do these two statements tell you about men and women’s roles and rights in the story?
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DISCUSSION ?S
• What happened to Mrs. Smith? Where did she go? Did she ever come home? What did Mr. Smith do?
• What happened to Mrs. Braling and Braling 2? Did she figure out he was a Marionette? Did she care?
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Email Mrs. C
Visit Coleman’s Classroom
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