Marionettes,+Inc.

Marionettes, Inc. By: Ray Bradbury Two friends, Braling and Smith, are unhappy with their wives. As they walk down the street Smith wonders how Braling got out of the house since his wife is very controlling and forced him into marriage when they were not really in love with each other in the first place. On the other hand Smith's wife has been very attached to him lately. Once the men arrive at Braling's house he lets Smith in on the secret of how he escaped from his wife that night. The key to his escape was that he had a company called "Marionettes, Inc." make a live duplicate of him to stay with his wife. When Smith sees this invention he plans on purchasing a copy of himself also. When Smith gets home he goes into he and his wife's shared bankbook to withdraw the money for the marionette. To his surprise ten thousand dollars is missing. When he goes upstairs to find out what his wife did with the money he realizes that the reason why she has been acting so strange is because his wife used the money in the bankbook to buy a marionette of her. When Braling and Braling two return home, Braling two expresses that he is unhappy with having to live in the cellar while Braling is out enjoying the real world. Because Braling two has been spending so much time with Braling's wife he has developed feelings for her. Finally, Braling two gets so upset that he rebels against Braling and locks him in the cellar while he lives the real Braling's life. 
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 * Setting- **This short story takes place in the 1990s. The characters start out in front of Braling's apartment at about ten o'clock, and Braling and Braling two eventually make their way into Braling's apartment.
 * Protagonist- **The main character in this short story is Braling.
 * Antagonist- **The opponent of Braling, the main character in this story is Braling two, a duplicate of Braling.
 * Forms of Technology- **The form of technology in this short story is duplication, or cloning.
 * Main Conflict- **The main conflict of this short story is that Braling two does not want to be a duplicate any more. He decides that he is going to take the permanent place of the real Braling.
 * Themes- **<span style="color: #ff7100; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The main theme of this story is to be careful what you wish for. Braling did not want to spend time with his wife, so he had the "Maronettes, Inc." duplicate him. Little did he know that Braling two would not want to be kept locked up while the actual Braling was out in the real world.
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<span style="color: #ff0077; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Discussion Questions- <span style="color: #ff0077; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1.At the end of the story, does Braling two kill Braling or does he lock him up in the cellar? <span style="color: #ff0077; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2.Why would Smith's wife want to create a marionette of herself? <span style="color: #ff0077; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3.Did the ending follow Ray Bradbury's style of writing?

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