The paper discusses the disorder of
paranoia in general and then the specific haunting apparitions and life changing events
experienced by Ray Bradbury as a child. The paper suggests that these
paranoia impacted greatly on his work and that the evils he witnessed in his youth are reflected throughout his
writings and portrayed within his plots, characters, and settings. It also posits that his writing actually provided him with a form of treatment to escape from his fears. The paper uses Bradbury's seminal work, "The Martian Chronicles", to display how the author expresses his fear of technology through the story.