The Illustrated Man: Entry 2

Quote:
"He may have got into the machinery and fixed something."
"Peter doesn't know machinery."
"He's a wise one for ten. That I.Q. of his---"

Pg. 12

Comment:
(E) In this part of the book, the parents of the Hadley household are trying to figure out why the 'Nursery' won't change from the veldtand to anything else. They have to wait until there children come back from a fair. As they wait, the mother, Lydia, thinks that Peter changed the room settings. But the father, George, thinks it's impossible for him to do that. Lydia insists that it's possible because Peter is very smart for his age. Now that I think about it, it's kind of interesting of how his mother thinks he's above average but his father doesn't.

The Illustrated Man: Entry 1

Quote:
"The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air. And now the sounds: the thump of distant antelope feet on grassy sod, the papery rustling of vultures. A shadow passed through the sky."

Pg. 8

Comment:
(Imagery) This quote is obviously in the beginning of the book, where the author paints a picture of a room in a family's house. The house is a smart house; it does everything for them. This particular room displayed in the beginning of the book is a somewhat four dimensional and mostly three dimensional type room called the 'Nursey'. The quote above describes the realistic smell, sounds, and sights of the room as a veldtland in Africa. The room is very detailed and imaginative.