Science fiction short story

Conduct a literary/rhetorical analysis of a short story. The principles used here are the same as any analysis of literature, except that the stories are, as the name implies, shorter. Determine a major theme, atmosphere, or rhetorical idea and explore (by looking at at least 3 techniques, such as an appeal to nostalgia) the ways in which the author effects that goal. You must support your ideas with evidence from the text.