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Zero Hour

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1947

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Is there a distinct moment in which the Invasion becomes more than a game, or in which the children shift from innocence to culpability? Why or why not?

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Who or what is the antagonist in “Zero Hour,” and in what ways might this change as the story progresses?

3.

Read Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day,” and then compare the way children and the Loss of Innocence are portrayed in that short story and “Zero Hour.”

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