Woosh! Down goes the rocket landing on Mars. The main characters in Bradbury's story are Harry and his wife Cora. They had to go to Mars because there was a war on Earth. They thought that it would be a really fun and great idea and always wanted to go. But it did not go as well as they thought it would. However in McDonough’s radio play it was the same thing except they loved it at Mars. In BradBury's story when they get to mars they feel a change however in McDonough's radio play they can feel the change.

These stories are developed by atomic bombs hitting Earth and everyone has to leave from the Earth. Some people chose to go to Mars. The Bittering family is one of the families that chose to go to Mars. The only one that regrets it is Harry. Harry is the father of the Bittering family. He regrets it so much that he even tries to build a rocket to go back to Earth. In my opinion I would not build a rocket even if I hated Mars like Harry did because it would take like thirty years before I would finish it. Back to the story, When they get off of the rocket they feel a change and that is why Harry regrets it so much. Then something mysterious happens. They all start to get darker and get yellow eyes farther into the story. …show more content…
The husband’s name is Harry, The wife’s name is Cora, The sister’s name is Laura and then the two boys names are Dan and David. The two boys were so excited to go to Mars and loved it. It was a super hot day on one of the days and they went swimming in a canal by their house. There was a change in Harry that made him stop working on the rocket and went swimming with the boys. Harry was turning into a Martian because he even said that he is going to stop working on the rocket until the autumn. And he also started to like