![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately memory is shown to be fragile and unreliable. Bradbury casts this gradual loss of memory in an ambivalent light: while on the one hand Harry Bittering struggles to hold on to his memories of Earth, on the other hand many settlers embrace their new lives and willingly forget what it was like to live anywhere other than Mars. This is mirrored by the ubiquitous presence of the ruins of previous Martian civilizations, which are mysterious and seemingly without historical context. From the naming and renaming of Martian geography to the settlers’ slow adoption of Martian language and physical characteristics, the story probes the extent to which change is potentially destructive toward identity. Throughout “Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed,” the new settlers gradually lose touch with their memories of Earth as they assimilate to life on Mars. ![]()
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