The Other Foot

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"The Other Foot" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury that explores themes of racial injustice and reversal of power through the experiences of Black colonists on Mars.

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instanceOf science fiction short story ⓘ
short story ⓘ
appearsInMedium print ⓘ
author Ray Bradbury ⓘ
centralCharacter Hattie Johnson ⓘ
Willie Johnson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresIssue power dynamics between racial groups ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
featuresCharacterGroup Black colonists on Mars ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1951 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality American ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn discussions of race in mid-20th-century science fiction ⓘ
hasMoralQuestion whether victims of oppression should seek revenge or forgiveness ⓘ
hasNotableCollectionPublicationYear 1951 ⓘ
hasOriginalPublicationType magazine short story ⓘ
hasTitle The Other Foot ⓘ
includedInCollection The Illustrated Man ⓘ
isWorkBy Ray Bradbury ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice allegory of Jim Crow segregation ⓘ
irony ⓘ
role reversal ⓘ
literaryTheme colonialism ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
racism ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
reversal of power ⓘ
segregation ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
partOf The Illustrated Man ⓘ
plotPoint Black colonists have settled on Mars after fleeing racism on Earth ⓘ
a white rocket from Earth is expected to land on Mars ⓘ
news arrives that Earth has been devastated by nuclear war ⓘ
some colonists plan to impose segregation on incoming white survivors ⓘ
the arrival of an elderly white astronaut prompts reconsideration of revenge ⓘ
publisherOfFirstBookCollection Doubleday ⓘ
setting Mars ⓘ
future ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted post–nuclear war future ⓘ

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The Illustrated Man → containsWork → The Other Foot ⓘ
The Other Foot → hasTitle → The Other Foot ⓘ