![]() ![]() No mention is made of any daughters, and what daughters might want from life. They would only live lives of disappointment. The neighbour tells him to keep his dreams Earth-bound, and warns him not to plant ideas of grandeur in the heads of his sons because the poor will remain poor. (“The Rocket” might have seemed a far-fetched vision of the future until this year, with America overturning Roe vs Wade, and with the pandemic exacerbating the gap between rich and the vast majority of us.) BOASTING TO THE MAN NEXT DOORīodoni’s tells his neighbour he plans to explore space for himself. Forget space exploration, it seems his wife has no access to birth control. Bodoni is a poor man who runs a junkyard near a river. But the poor are excluded from all advantages brought by technology. ![]() ![]() WHAT HAPPENS IN “THE ROCKET” A TIME OF LATE CAPITALISMįiorello Bodoni lives in a future where the mega-wealthy can afford space tourism. ![]() It’s basically a science fiction re-visioning of famous English fairytale “Jack And The Beanstalk”. Also known as “Outcast of the Stars”, “The Rocket” is a short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, included in The Illustrated Man collection (1951). ![]()
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