A writer with a capital letter, who managed to make real art out of fiction, was remembered by many readers of Ray Bradbury. “Vacations”, a brief summary of which describes an alternative way of life on earth without people, touched on a lot of topics that are vital for humanity. The story shows the inability to set specific goals, communicate with people around you, a lack of understanding of the feelings of loved ones, suffering from loneliness and boredom.
Meaningless wandering
Ray Bradbury's "Vacation", a brief summary of which says that sometimes desires can come true, wrote to show an alternative development of events that many people dream of. On earth there are many who want to delimit themselves from the whole world, but what will happen just now if the desire is fulfilled? The main characters of the story are a man, his wife and little son. They travel the world alone, moving on a small trolley, stopping to rest and have a bite to eat where the rails have to be repaired.
The day was fresh, butterflies fluttering around, an atmosphere of peace and silence reigns, but it does not please people. While the man was repairing the rails, the wife and son went down to the sea and spread the tablecloth, laying out supplies on it. The husband changed into a formal suit, as if hoping to meet someone, but there was not a soul around. The family began to make plans for the future, determining by the atlas in which places they should visit. Loneliness and meaninglessness of life wanted to convey in his story Ray Bradbury. Vacations (a brief summary speaks of the mental suffering of both a child and adults), it turns out, they can also get bored.
Be afraid of your desires, they may come true
The story of “Vacation” by Ray Bradbury begins with the fact that one evening, sitting on the terrace, the man in conversation with his wife said how cool it would be if everyone disappeared and only their family remained all over the world. You do not need to get up early, go to work or school, obey the boss, communicate with imaginary friends, and tolerate the discontent of others. If the world was empty, they could constantly travel, replenish edible supplies in stores, endless vacations awaiting them ahead. Waking up in the morning, the husband and wife realized that they were left alone, all the people had disappeared somewhere. They were delighted, because 30 years of happiness awaited them.
Regret about the deed
In order to raise the issue of mutual understanding of people, Ray Bradbury wrote “Vacations”. The main characters after several months of endless wanderings began to regret their desire. Planning a further trip, the man cried, confessing to his wife that it would be good to go to bed, and in the morning to see that everything had become as before: stupid children, evil people, all aspirations, hopes returned. The son saw the crying father and concluded that adults also have no one to play with.
People should listen to the desires of loved ones, Ray Bradbury wanted to remind about this. "Vacations", a brief summary of which shows the reader the despair of a little boy and the confusion of his parents, told where stupid desires of people can lead. The son did not want the fate that his mother and father had prophesied; he wrote a note, put it in a bottle, threw it into the sea, desperate for his dream to come true.