Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed

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Themes

All Themes Familiarity and Perception Memory, Identity, and Language Change and Resistance Colonization, Industry, and Leisure

Characters

All Characters Harry Bittering Cora Bittering Dan, Laura, and David Bittering The Captain The Lieutenant

Symbols

All Symbols Gold Wind and Mist Rocket

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Setting Similes Style Tone

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Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed

by Ray Bradbury

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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis Summary

All Themes
Familiarity and Perception
Memory, Identity, and Language
Change and Resistance
Colonization, Industry, and Leisure

All Characters
Harry Bittering
Cora Bittering
Dan, Laura, and David Bittering
The Captain
The Lieutenant

All Symbols
Gold
Wind and Mist
Rocket

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone

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