The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury

What is this story about? Who is the Illustrated Man? What is his story?

The Stories How many stories are displayed on the Illustrated man’s body? What happens to the tattoos at night? Why is there an empty space on the Illustrated man’s body?

The Veldt What is going on in this story? What sound scares Mrs.Hadley throughout the story? At the end, what happens to Mr. and Mrs. Hadley?

Kaleidoscope What happen to the rocket? What is the narrator’s final thought before he dies? What is the shooting star at the end?

The Other Foot What is this story about? What do the people living on Mars decide to do to those coming from Earth? How is this story resolved?

The Long Rain What are the astronauts looking for on Venus? How are they driven to madness? At the end, how many astronauts remain?

The Man Who do the two spacemen think landed on the planet? What do the two spacemen do after they discover who has landed on the planet?

The Exiles Who is disappearing in this story? How are they disappearing? Is there hope for these characters? What happens at the end?

The Fox and the Forest How does the couple escape the society they live? Why do they want to escape? Are they safe at the end?

The Visitor What is Mars used for in this story? Why is the young man who arrives so important? Why does the fight break out? What happens to the boy at the end?

The City When the humans land on this uncharted planet, who do they encounter? What happened to the previous inhabitants of this planet? What do the inhabitants have planned for the humans?

The Rocket Where does Fiorello Bodoni want to send one of his family members? Who accepts the offer? What does Bodoni do to give his children something they will“remember... for always?”

Epilogue What does the back tattoo on the Illustrated Man depict? What does the narrator do?