... her life. She even appears to be unaware of her own suicide attempt. She is a frightening character; one would expect to know the protagonist's wife intimately, but she is completely cold and distant, and it is hard to tell her character. Bradbury portrays Mildred as a shell of a human being, empty of any sincere emotional, intellectual, or spiritual substance. Her only attachment ... ...

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