The Martian is a novel written by Andy Weir. This book is the diary of a astronaut stranded on Mars, named Mark Watney; who consistently found ingenious solutions for the many problems he faced. Mark Watney was not left on Mars for any malicious reasons, but because of a series unfortunate of events, his fellow astronauts thought he was killed in a violent storm and had no choice but to leave him. This novel is in the science fiction genre and is absolutely thrilling from start to finish. What makes it so good is that the science is very accurate and at no point does Mark Watney suddenly pull out some sort of laser gun to solve all his problems. I will be discussing how this book changed my view on humanity and how the structure of the text helped me understand Mark Watneys situation.
Mark Watney was left on Mars because the sensors in his suite were damaged, so his fellow …show more content…
After several months, they discover Mark Watneys still alive; but standed over two hundred million kilometres away. The way they handle this situation is extraordinary, because billions of dollars was spent, in an effort to save one person. While I believe that space exploration is very important, the argument can be made that the money could be better spent on all the problems we have back on earth, but the story is based a few years in the future and many of said problems; have probably been fixed. I think this novel is an optimistic view of the future, where they have deemed it necessary to spend massive amounts of time and resources to get people to Mars. The events of this book happen in the third mission to Mars and is at a stage where the public are beginning to lose interest, but in the process of trying to rescue
Mark Watney was left on Mars because the sensors in his suite were damaged, so his fellow …show more content…
After several months, they discover Mark Watneys still alive; but standed over two hundred million kilometres away. The way they handle this situation is extraordinary, because billions of dollars was spent, in an effort to save one person. While I believe that space exploration is very important, the argument can be made that the money could be better spent on all the problems we have back on earth, but the story is based a few years in the future and many of said problems; have probably been fixed. I think this novel is an optimistic view of the future, where they have deemed it necessary to spend massive amounts of time and resources to get people to Mars. The events of this book happen in the third mission to Mars and is at a stage where the public are beginning to lose interest, but in the process of trying to rescue