You are an astronaut, and your crew leaves you on mars. Everyone thinks you died. I am reading The Martian by Andy Weir, and I am on page 251. This book is about a man named Mark Watney. Mark is left on mars under the impression that his demise happened. He finds safety in the Hab, but the food available will only last him about 300 sols (days on mars). Even if anyone on Earth knew he was alive, a rescue trip would take over 800 sols to get to mars. When reading, I recognized three merits: humor, problem development and solutions, and details.
The Martian can be very serious and nerve wrecking, but Andy Weir’s way of bringing in humor hits the spot. “He’s stuck out there. He thinks he’s totally alone and that we all gave up on him. What kind of effect does that have on a man’s psychology?” He turned back to Venkat. “I wonder what he’s thinking right now.” LOG ENTRY: SOL 61 How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense.” (Weir 63,64). Different moments like that are transformed from a deep, reflecting time in regard to how there is a major problem to a funnier tone. When looking at how humor affects the plot of the story, its negligible. The overall plot …show more content…
I’ve never read a page and thought how did he do that or how does that work? Everything in this book is so incredibly well explained there is nothing to question about. “The hab is normally a dome, with flexible support poles maintaining the arch and rigid, folding floor material to keep its base flat. The internal pressure was a vital part of its support. Without it, the whole thing collapsed. The poles weren’t broken, just lying flat is all.” (Weir 170). I already had a picture of the hab in my head from earlier explanations, but this helped to picture the situation the hab was in. For me, the hab looked like a miniature Metrodome that all the poles had fallen. This is the precedent for picturing different scenarios throughout the
The Martian can be very serious and nerve wrecking, but Andy Weir’s way of bringing in humor hits the spot. “He’s stuck out there. He thinks he’s totally alone and that we all gave up on him. What kind of effect does that have on a man’s psychology?” He turned back to Venkat. “I wonder what he’s thinking right now.” LOG ENTRY: SOL 61 How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense.” (Weir 63,64). Different moments like that are transformed from a deep, reflecting time in regard to how there is a major problem to a funnier tone. When looking at how humor affects the plot of the story, its negligible. The overall plot …show more content…
I’ve never read a page and thought how did he do that or how does that work? Everything in this book is so incredibly well explained there is nothing to question about. “The hab is normally a dome, with flexible support poles maintaining the arch and rigid, folding floor material to keep its base flat. The internal pressure was a vital part of its support. Without it, the whole thing collapsed. The poles weren’t broken, just lying flat is all.” (Weir 170). I already had a picture of the hab in my head from earlier explanations, but this helped to picture the situation the hab was in. For me, the hab looked like a miniature Metrodome that all the poles had fallen. This is the precedent for picturing different scenarios throughout the