How we cite our quotes: ("Story Name," Paragraph)
Quote #4
"They knew how to live with nature and get along with nature. They didn't try too hard to be all men and no animal." ("—And the Moon Be Still as Bright," 233)
Spender just won't let it go. This one's a little weird, though, because it forces a distinctive between men and animals. So is he really saying that the Martians (and other indigenous people …) are a little animal-like? Not so nice when you put it that way, and it makes us think that maybe Bradbury doesn't totally agree with him.
Quote #5
There were so many things a tree could do: add color, provide shade, drop fruit, or become a children's playground, a whole sky universe to climb and hang from; an architecture of food and pleasure, that was a tree. ("The Green Morning," 2)
Benjamin Driscoll is the most environmentally aware person in the book who doesn't kill other people. Here he is realizing that Mars won't work for him unless it changes. But he doesn't go for some fancy technological solution—he just uses trees. (Note too that Bradbury makes this seem okay by noting that Martian plants are all dying off anyway. Otherwise, we'd have the issue of invasive species competing for land. Whew.)
Quote #6
"We've got to forget Earth and how things were. We've got to look at what we're in here, and how different it is. I get a hell of a lot of fun out of just the weather here." ("Night Meeting," 4)
This is "Pop" the gas station attendant talking to Tomás Gomez. He's a really appealing character, because he's just got a great attitude. He's so interested in Mars that he even enjoys the crazy weather—which sounds a lot like Southern California, if you ask us. He even claims that he's going to move to a quieter road if the one he's on gets too busy.