A Summary Of The NovelThe Martian

As a Mars crew endures a Martian sandstorm one of their crew members, Mark Watney, is left behind, presumed to be dead. Left with only 31 Sols of supplies to survive Mark is pushed to the limits to keep himself alive. Follow Mark Watney’s life on Mars as scientists at NASA work tirelessly to bring him home while at the same time his remaining crews plans a daring rescue mission.

Tension, humor, and foreshadowing are some examples of elements that readers will find in The Martian. In The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney is left behind on Mars. Because of a dust storm, Mark's teammates believe that he is dead and left him behind. The Martian is a science fiction book that gives readers an idea of how people might be able to colonize Mars and gives readers an idea of what space is like. The Martian has an author that self-published his book, and who used humor and foreshadowing to keep his readers engaged.

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,

The Martian is arguably one of my favorite books because of the fantastic tone and character development. The Martian follows Mark Watney, a scientist who majored in botany and mechanical science. He get stranded on mars after a dust storm knocks out communications with NASA and the rest of his crew leaves when they believe he is dead from shrapnel in the storm.

Last quarter I took a class called Psychology of Gender that I really enjoyed. The topics that we discussed were all very interesting and had me wanting to go to every class for engaging discussions. We were put into groups at the very beginning of the quarter. We had the same group throughout the entire quarter, with these groups we lead class discussions and presented our final presentations. The final assignment for this class was for each group to choose a film and watch it. While watching the film we were to look and see if we could identify any particular discourses about gender that the film, intentionally or unintentionally, displayed. We were tasked with looking back at some of the ideas we had discussed in class, some of which

"'The Martian' Shows 9 Ways NASA Tech Is Headed to Mars." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Mar. 2016.

The beginning of this book starts with Mark Watney a mechanical engineer and botanist describing his current situation, how mars missions work and how he managed to get into his predicament of being stranded on mars alone. For some of the basics, he is on Aries 3 the third mission that has sent humans to mars. All of the use a really big ship to get there and back and by the time they get to mars 13 pre supply missions will have sent everything they will need onto the Martian ground.

In the book The Martian, an astronaut named Mark Watney is thrown into an awful situation on Mars. A sandstorm had come in while they were landing the Ares 3. The crew needed to get out of this trouble. When trying to get back to safety, Mark is hit by debris and is not able to find his crew. His crew all successfully got back to the Mars ascent vehicle but Mark. The crew is taught to never leave a man behind. They search for him but the sandstorm created low visibility. They see that Mark's suit is damaged and he going to die. They are forced to abandon Mark on Mars. Throughout the book, Mark, NASA, and Mark's crew show no sign of giving up, and their tenacity to never quit even when obstacles are thrown their way.

    The Martian Chronicles is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury These stories all relate to the idea of humans visiting mars, but are only connected by the loosest of threads. At times, it can appear as if Bradbury was grasping mercilessly, searching for something to draw together the random conglomeration of human situations his mind had created individually. The entity that embraced all these stories and melded them from half-hour kiddy-show format stories into a great two-hour special feature novel was the forth planet from the sun, earth's neighbor and Bradbury's stage for The Martian Chronicles, mars.

This article sheds light on the difficult task of creating a Martian landscape on this planet with an intense focus on realism. And it is this focus on scientific realism that, according to Betz, many NASA scientists believe will help make the prospect of humans traveling to mars – for real – within the scope of possibility. This public belief and support will be essential to human’s eventual travel to and exploration of Mars. Betz explains that the success – or failure – of The Martian as a film is primarily Ridley Scott’s responsibility, and it is Scott’s attention to detail which may be the most important aspect of his aesthetic, and according to Betz, nearly every aspect of The Martian has been checked by NASA to assure scientific accuracy, including the space suit which Betz developed with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Betz describes it as “comfortable” and “sexy.” This article contributes to my research because it discusses the ways in which scientists were actively involved in the film’s production as well as the incredible lengths that were taken to follow through with scientific

Mars is described, as overwhelming and all consuming, quite like society. “Mars becomes a way of seeing, of being, a state of mind, a vision, an addiction,” (Harlow 311-314). Bradbury best shows the effects on Mars through his character Spender, who rages against his crewmates, murdering some as protest of destructive technology and the ignorance towards past races. When the colonization of Mars begins, many people fled for disingenuous reasons. “The men of Earth came to Mars. They came because they were afraid or unafraid, because they were happy

The novel, The Martian, has an effective ending which includes intense action along with continual hardships. The author really did a great job of creating an ending that included resolving problems which plagued the main character throughout the entire story. The main character, Martin, was part of a space crew sent to Mars to determine if the planet could be inhabited by humans. Martin was sent as a botanist, or someone who figures out how to grow food. Each crew member had an important job to do and all of them were needed to make a successful trip to Mars and back. When Martin was left behind when the crew thought he was dead, he had to problem solve and all alone figure out how to survive. His skill was growing food, but to stay alive he needed to do so much more than grow food. Throughout the entire novel the reader

Astronaut Mark Whatney was part of the 3rd mission to Mars, the Ares 3, which was planned to bring six people to Mars for thirty days. However, during the sixth sol (or Martian day) of the mission, a powerful sandstorm forced the crew to leave early. During their retreat to the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), Mark was lost and, believing he was dead, the crew left without him. Without communication to Earth, Mark realized he had to figure out how to survive on Mars for 4 years, by himself, until the Ares 4 mission arrived. While his knowledge of botany, chemistry and engineering proved to be invaluable, it was his resilience and exceptional ability to adapt that allowed him escape from the deadly planet.

Imagine exploring a vast, unexplored land with some friends when they leave the island because of an emergency, without you, except that “unexplored land” is Mars. That is what happened to Mark Watney in The Martian. He is trapped on Mars and tries to the best of his ability to survive. He learns to grow food, partly because he is a botanist, and travels over 3000 miles to the next Ares mission site. Ares is the name of the missions to Mars. Where he will fly to orbit and meet his crewmates who flew back to rescue him. The same storyline is followed in the movie with some of the most important parts of the book still included. The movie is an accurate representation of the book because the main character does not change, a quote that was left

The Martian Novel should end with Watney being rescued by the NASA team. As he gets on the Hermes, he decides to bring his potatoes back to Earth to observe. The astronaut team was thrilled to have Watney back and they all celebrated the successful mission. As the celebration continues Commander Lewis notices that the Hermes is gradually declining in altitude towards Pluto. She then quickly yells for the others to come look at what was going on. Despite the efforts to prevent crashing, the mission to bring Watney back was unsuccessful. The entire team was stranded on Pluto and terrified of what was to come. Unfortunately, Watney had not survived the crash and his dead body lied on the cold ground. The team only has the potatoes that Watney