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Life is unpredictable and that is the beauty of science fiction; writers are able to create a world, which is plausible enough to engage an audience and suck them into a world they may have never experienced before reading that book. The human condition, in these very situations, becomes delicate and fragile even though real people have not lived through them because these sci-fi worlds relate to moments we all understand. The themes of fear, survival, persistence, resilience, and the power of the human spirit are undeniable experiences that transcends all cultural barriers and languages. All of these also hold true in the book The Martian, written by Andy Weir. Although all of these themes hold true in The Martian, the theme of ingenuity shows …show more content…

He needed a way to have enough water to sustain himself, his plants, and the voyage to the Mav. He came up with the perfect solution. Watney wrote in his log, “The concept is simple, but very dangerous. (Weir, 29)” What he is explaining in this quote is how he plans to make water using to machines. He has an oxygenator and a water reclaimer. The oxygenator will pull CO2 out of the air while leaving hydrazine in the air. Watney burns the hydrazine and this basically leaves water. Two of the components of ingenuity is creativity and originality. Watney’s plan is completely original and extremely creative on anyone’s spectrum. He single handedly created his own water, which allowed him to survive for the rest of his stay on Mars. This is also without the help of any NASA scientists. His ingenuity is what kept him alive throughout this whole crazy journey. When Karl Benz invented cars, the average person’s journey to a typical location shortened immensely and transformed the future …show more content…

It gives you rashes and an extensive fever. There was no treatment or medicine that could cure small pox, so millions of people died every year. Edward Jenner came along in the late 1700s and early 1800s and developed the first known vaccination of smallpox. He gave to a little eight year old boy who was infected by smallpox and the boy was later deemed cured. The vaccine slowly gained ground and started being made and distributed around the world. Smallpox remained a problem for the next hundred years, but the amount of cases decreased significantly over the years. By 1945, there no more cases of smallpox in anyone. After about a decade of waiting, no one had been infected with the disease every single year. Soon enough, it was published and finalized that smallpox had been eradicated by humans. This all started with Edward Jenner back in 1796. He knew very well that smallpox was a big problem throughout the world, and that it needed to be addressed. He created a vaccine that would lead to everyone in the world no longer have smallpox. Ever since then, scientists throughout the world have been working hard to find vaccines and cures for other illnesses and diseases. As of recently, doctors and scientists are on the verge of creating a permanent vaccine that can be distributed around the world to cure guinea’s foot. None of this would have happened without the ingenuity of Edward

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