Dandelion Wine Summary
Ray Bradbury

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Dandelion Wine Summary

Lena Auffmann

Lena Auffmann is married to Leo Auffmann and is the mother of their six children. She attempts to stop her husband from building the Happiness Machine and continues to be the voice of reason throughout the stories about the Machine. She tells Leo that he has made two mistakes with the machine: "You made quick things go slow and stay around. You brought things faraway to our backyard, where they don't belong...

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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

Dandelion Wine

3,105 words, approx. 11 pages

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920. Although he had moved to os Angeles, California, by the time he was twelve years old, he retained vivid memories... Read more

Ray Bradbury Biographies (4)

Ray Bradbury

2,195 words, approx. 8 pages

Ray Bradbury (born 1920) was among the first authors to combine the concepts of science fiction with a sophisticated prose style. Often described as economical yet poetic, Bradbury's fiction conveys a... Read more

Ray Bradbury

10,856 words, approx. 37 pages

Biography EssayAlthough Ray Bradbury remains perhaps the best known of all science-fiction writers, and although his stories and themes have permeated all areas of American culture as have those of no... Read more

Ray (Douglas) Bradbury

3,235 words, approx. 11 pages

Ray Bradbury is an interesting writer who has unjustly suffered from critical neglect. In a sense he has been the victim of a genre. To consider his work as "science fiction" or "fantasy"--no matter h... Read more

Ray (Douglas) Bradbury

11,679 words, approx. 39 pages

[This entry was updated by Gary K. Wolfe (Roosevelt University) from his entry in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, pp. 16-33.]Although Ray Bradbury remains perhaps the ... Read more

Essays & Analysis (6)

Critical Essay by Tom Bradford

951 words, approx. 4 pages

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Critical Essay by John B. Rosenman

2,446 words, approx. 9 pages

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Critical Essay by James E. Person, Jr.

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Technology: a Menace to Society

1,517 words, approx. 6 pages

Mankind has a constant desire to become more knowledgeable. With new knowledge, it is almost certain that new technology will soon follow. New technology serves as either a new luxury or a new disast... Read more

The Relevance of Magic in Dandelion Wine

994 words, approx. 4 pages

Within the novel Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury strives to relate the traits of magic with a boy's life experiences. Bradbury's premise is that in life, there are two major themes of magic. One is demon... Read more

Bradbury's Distaste for Machines and Technology in his novel Dandelion Wine

840 words, approx. 3 pages

Bradbury has a distaste for all machines. During these times, older products are being replaced by another and another newer product. And as these products are being replaced, they keep having defects... Read more

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