With that the LaFarges still take him to town even as Tom protests and warns them of a new loss because "the people...Changing and changing. The trap"(Bradbury 156). To this extent the Martian is a metaphor for the new world and operation of the colonist desires because the Martian represents how easily people were lost after the Second World War. Because many people were without a nation or home and therefore lacked identity, the majority in power easily took advantage of them. They were easily swallowed up by Americanization in a need to survive their new world and fit into society. This in turn, resulted in a loss of their culture.

Finally Bradbury brings this theme to light ultimately by the colonists causing the death of the Martian because it lacks identity it is easily manipulated by desire. Due its telepathic abilities that at one time made it unique, this...
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