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    Mark Watney: The Martian

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    work hard for the astronauts. May be he had endure so many things but I can not, so i'm not interested in business. I can start my own businesses but I’m not interested in businesses. My skill is to be a physiotherapist. Intro In the movie, The Martian, Mark Watney uses a variety of skill to survive on planet Mars for over a year. The skills were meticulous, rigorous, and accurate. These three skills would also be helpful in the success of running a small business. Being meticulous is important

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    Survive The Martian written by Andy Weir is an excellent book, once a person picks it up one cannot put it down. Even though the book is fiction, the author includes scientific accuracy into play ranging from botany to physics in order for the main character, Mark Watney, to survive since he was left behind on mars presumably dead. One of the first problems Watney encounters is not having enough food to survive until the next Ares mission in 1425 days, but with his knowledge of botany he solves

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    or believe something. Similarly, the author didn’t seem to be trying to give facts about anything, especially since Martians haven’t walked this Earth. So, that leaves entertaining - giving amusement. This novel has many components that would be considered enjoyable. For example, the entire concept of Martians coming to Earth is revolutionary. Also, the creatures that are the Martians may appeal to anyones imagination - “A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and

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    The Martian, written by Anthony Weir in 2011, is about a botanist turned astronaut named Mark Watney. It is set in November 2035 and is the third mission of the 2030’s that NASA has sent astronauts up to Mars. The story really starts when a giant storm sweeps through Mars and Watney is hit by a pole that fell down and is knocked away from the rest of the crew. They search for him but can’t find him and are forced to launch from Mars, under the assumption that Watney is dead. A few hours later, however

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    Although being stuck on Mars seems like a far-fetched idea to most of us, that is exactly what happened to Mark Watney in Andy Weir’s latest science fiction novel, The Martian. Six days after he arrived on the planet on a scheduled NASA mission, the crew experiences a catastrophic dust storm and leave the planet headed towards Earth. One kind of very big problem, they leave him behind. The novel discusses about his survival on Mars for years until a controversial decision by his crew may allow him

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    In The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury there are many differences between humans and martians. One of the biggest ones, aside from the obvious being from different planets, physical appearance, and telepathy is that the humans want everything to do with the martians while the martians want nothing to do with the humans. This is shown by the humans knocking on doors constantly and even just walking into a martians house in “The Earth Men” and by the martians ignoring or even killing the humans

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    Throughout the movie, “The Martian,” the story revolves around the main character, Mark Watney, who has to survive alone on a Mars by utilizing his skills in botany, as well as other subjects. Mark faces multiple problems throughout the movie, that make his survival extremly hard. Other than botany, there were many other sciences used by Watney to survive on Mars. , including physics. An example of this is when making a battery last longer on the rover, he removes the battery in order to make the

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    “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. We learn about his feelings, what his thoughts are, and what he is going through while

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    In the novel The Martian, Mark Watney is passed out and stranded on Mars alone, after being left behind by the rest of the crew after they witnessed him being impaled in a sandstorm, believing that he is dead they had no choice but to leave. As Mark is stranded on Mars alone he has no one to rely on, but he has his skillset to thank, being a botanist and mechanical engineer definitely helped him out. Throughout the novel we are able to follow Mark in this challenge to survive for four years until

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    The Martian is a book about an astronaut named Mark Watney, he is a botanist and mechanical engineer stranded on Mars by his crew after they witnessed him being impaled in a Martian sandstorm by some debris. This all happened during Watney and his crews attempt to leave Mars due to increasingly powerful windstorms. Watney somehow survived being hit by the debris and now that his crew has left him he is stranded on Mars on his own. Watney must find a way to survive and make communication with NASA

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