Mark Watney

Mark at a young age challenges himself to accomplish many goals that a 'normal' teenage boy would never even consider. Mark has difficulties

Martian Chronicles is a book written by Ray Bradbury. A theme of the book is that people see or do things for a reason. The use of syntax, word choice, and imagery helps the reader to convey the theme. The syntax in Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles help readers understand the theme.

A major turning point in the authors’ life was when he attended Gallaudet University. At Gallaudet, he was surrounded by deaf peers and signing professors. To him, this was unbelievable. He was no longer behind from interpreters relaying information after it had already been said. Mark expresses this emotional state by saying he is no longer “living in a fishbowl anymore” (pg. 111). At one point earlier in the book, Mark compares himself to someone born underwater having to live in a glass bubble; someone who is unfortunately an outcast from the rest. But with the help of special scuba diving gear, you had the ability to interact and swim with the other fish. Although the scuba gear was accommodating in many ways, it was “heavy and uncomfortable, and as much as it helped you interact with the fish, you never were able to swim like them” (Pg. 44). In order to find out who he

In the end, when they come to save him, Mark offers to puncture his suit to get to the ship instead of them risk

Venkat one of the head people at Nasa said "We lost contact with the Pathfinder in 1997. If he can get it online again, we can communicate." Mark uses all the knowledge he has and finds the pathfinder to get in contact and have earth help

Both the book and movie had the Martians landing in the field. When the Martians came from Mars, the Martians killed the men with their heat rays. They both had different characters. The book took place in England and the movie took place in California. The book ends in the sea with the Martians trying to attack them.

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.

There were multiple obstacles that the main character, Mark Watney, had to overcome to reach a final resolution which was getting off Mars. I'm going to focus on one of his final struggles: him having to get to the MAV. His struggle of getting to the MAV started with getting his supplies together and rover to have maximum power to drive so he could get farther as fast as possible. He defeated his struggle by realizing that he only had to use 1/6 of the power because there were originally 6 crew-mates but since he was left on Mars alone he didn't have to use all that power. " The spec says it draws 44.1 pirate-ninjas[kilowatt-hours per sol], but this time it's only been using 7.35 because of the reduced load[other passengers].

Mark Watney, Ares 3’s botanist, is left behind on Mars after his crew thought he was dead. Watney will have to survive on Mars until help arrives. Watney first calculates that he needs more food even though he is rationing his food. He decides to grow the raw potatoes that were originally for Thanksgiving. He first gets the dirt, and turns Martian soil into fertile dirt by populating the soil with bacteria. Then, he plants the potatoes. That way he can have more food. He is also making water out of hydrazine, which comes from leftover rocket fuel. On earth, satellite images show that Watney is still alive, and they start to find to help him. Watney then sets out on a journey to find Pathfinder, a Martian rover that lost communication with Earth

In the book ”The Martian”, written by Andy Weir in 2014, the astronaut Mark Watney gets left

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.

Mark Watney a NASA astronaut on a mission on mars, gets stranded and he is in the middle of no where. I believe he thinks about his isolation a lot because he knows how small and insignificant he is and how far away from home he actually is. He probably has those lonely times where you feel like you are not worth anything. I think the whole stress and anxiety and any health problems whatsoever don't show on him.

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.

The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury, was a strange conglomeration of stories that I had a hard time following until I examined its themes a little more closely. Initially, I was excited to read another Ray Bradbury book. His novel, Fahrenheit 451, was something I first read when I was younger, and have come to love. This makes my initial experience reading The Martian Chronicles even more disappointing. The structure of the novel, told through little vignettes of different characters and time and plot, felt confusing and better suited as stand-alone short stories.

Three men shivered in the cold, dark spaceship as it floated through space, unsure if they would return to Earth after the first disaster to occur in space. During the early 1960’s, America was fascinated with the Space Race. The United States became the first country to put a man on the moon, and the exploration did not stop there. Apollo 13 tells the story of three astronauts that were supposed to go to the moon. On the journey there, part of the ship exploded, causing the fuel levels to plummet. Now unable to complete the mission, the crew struggled their own disappointments and frustrations as well as the problem of how they would get home. Against the odds, Mission Control and the three crew members overcame multiple life threatening problems and managed to get the men home alive and safe.