The Martian Character Analysis

‘The Martian’ is a science-fiction novel written by Andy Weir. The story follows an astronaut who goes on a space expedition to Mars. The main character, Mark Watney, is the botanist and engineer on the mission. During the whole of the book, Watney, is very sarcastic despite the hard times that follow. There are also some minor character including Watney’s crew; Beck, Johhansen, Vogel, Martinez, and their commander Lewis.

In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Salamanca Tree Hiddle has changed by many internal and external forces. Sal’s attitude before she accepts her mother’s death is very worrisome and angry. For example, Sal talks about being worried about car accidents.

“...my father plucked me up like a weed and took me and all my belongings…(Creech 1).” Conflict can help a person grow throughout a journey, it can help them grow internally and externally throughout it. In Walk Two Moons, the character ,Sal, grows throughout the journey from sad to excited, or hopeful to feeling guilty.

The character I selected from Walk Two Moon is Sal. Sal is a important character in the story because she was the one who created all of the problems in the story by falling from the tree. I think Sal is a strong person in the story because she was trying to be strong about leaving Bybanks. “Father plucked me up like a weed and took me and all our belongs” (Creech 1). The quote is explaining rebirth because Sal is going to move to somewhere away from Bybanks.

Throughout The Martian by Andy Weir, leading botanist and mechanical engineer aboard the Ares 3 - Mark Watney -experiences hardships that drive his biggest question: will I survive. Watney struggles to make ends meet as he tries to survive on Mars in a makeshift habitat, and attempts to communicate with his fellow crewmates as well as NASA. As a result of Watney’s circumstances, isolation is a major theme of The Martian, and this theme is showcased throughout his various trials and tribulations.

How would you feel if your mother left you and never came back? Then again, how would you feel if your father took you with him out of the blue and moved to a place you were unfamiliar with? Well, those are are only some of the many unfortunate events that occur in Sals life, a young 13 year old girl whose story is littered with internal and external conflicts that she must overcome and accept. In the novel Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, many internal and external forces affect and change the way Sal thinks, feels, and acts.

Ray Bradbury was an American author born on August 22, 1920 who died on June 5, 2012 at the age of 91. Bradbury was a prolific and beloved writer who wrote many novels considered today to be staples of the science fiction genre such as Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and The Martian Chronicles (www.biography.com). The Martian Chronicles is a collection of short stories Bradbury wrote over several years detailing the colonization of mars by humans. Present in this collection of stories are a number of themes portraying the weaknesses of mankind. In these stories are tales of corporate greed, mental illness, religious zealotry, gullible ignorance,

It starts of with stories of men from Earth trying to come to Mars. All of the men in the first three expeditions were killed by Martians with the help of their powers of telepathy and hallucinations. In the fourth expedition, the men found out that even though their men were killed, most of the Martian population was killed from chicken pox brought from Earth. A man named named Spender was upset with this news. He feared that if humans start settling in Mars, not only will the Martian race disappear but their beautiful culture with disappear also.

The movie, “The Martian,” by Ridley Scott is about an astronaut who’s trying to survive on an empty and lonely planet. The astronaut surviving on the planet Matt Damon, also known as Mark Watney. After his crew left him because they thought he was dead during a strong storm, Mark finds himself abandoned and lonely on a desolate planet. Mark try’s to send a message back to earth that he is still alive on the empty planet. NASA puts in non-stop work and fights to bring him back home. In the end, he returns back to Earth safely.

In the novel walk two moons there is a girl named Sal hiddle. She Is a small average teenager who has a lot of internal conflict, she is scared of things that you wouldn't expect things that scare her like pregnant women , car accidents , cancer, death , brain tumors , nuclear war , loud noises, strict teachers ,scabs and elevator. but even though sal hiddle is scared of all those things she still had lots of adventures with her grandma and grandpa to find her mother by going through amazing places [warning spoiler alert]. like in chapter one when sal's mother left by banks to go to South Dakota because her mother thought she wasn't helpful enough and a let down because in one of the chapters her mother was pregnant but it was

Confronting a new world is difficult beyond belief. It’s an entirely different world on different planets. Change is hard but worth it in the end. Themes are the subject of a talk for a story small and big. The theme for The Martian Chronicles is that change is scary but necessary for humanity in its entire form.

In the book, Walk Two Moons, I chose Sal. The character is important because, Walk Two Moons needed a character who faces an unhappy truth. A quote is when Sal says,” Phoebe ‘s tales were like fishing in the air: for a while I needed to believe that my mother was not dead and that she would come back”(Creech 263).I chose a rhombus for Sal because, the corners represent the times that life is not smooth;the sharp angles represent her obstacles in life. For example, Sal says she had to believe her mom was coming, but when Phoebe’s story helped her realize that her mom was not coming back. I chose the color light blue (light cornflower 1) because, it represents the hope she had for her mom to come back.

“The Martian” by Andy Weir is a popular novel that many people read, especially the younger audience. But when the audience is deciding if the book or the movie is better, there are some things to know about the movie and book to know which one is better. One thing to know, let's talk about the movie. We get to see what Mark looks like and the main character, Mark Watney, Mark. We got to know him really well.

     The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury, is a science-fiction book and was written in 1946. This major work by Bradbury is a collection of short stories relating to Mars or Martians. Bradbury had a clear vision of the Mars in which these stories are set. His vision was one of a fantasy world from the Martians point of view. In this work, the humans from Earth are the aliens from outer space. Bradbury has won many awards including the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Aviation-Space Writers Association Award, the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, and the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. Bradbury supported his awards

David does not see the beauty in the Martians that they see in themselves, he is too busy criticizing and name calling them, therefore, he never gets the chance to see the true beauty in the Martians. David will call Gina “bug” but Gina sees herself differently “And I am a pretty girl. I see it in the eyes of my friends, my mother, other people” (Kress). After a while, David’s words begin to irritate Gina and that is when she starts acting like a human. Gina will start name calling and she one time physically attacks David.