German poet and writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, ‘’Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.’’ In both the 1956 film Forbidden Planet and Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, the loss of free will/individuality does happen in a fatal and tragic mannerism. In Forbidden Planet, a space crew from Earth is sent to the planet Altair IV to investigate the whereabouts of the missing first expedition that has been unheard from in 20 years. Captain Adams, the main protagonist of the film, comes across a multitude of questions for this mission as why are there only two survivors, Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira, the planet being vacant, and the mysterious monster that has been said to kill the entirety of the
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As shown in ‘’The Martian,’’ loss of free will/individuality the reminder of lost loved ones are recalled to memory against a person's ability to prevent such thoughts, whether they see a color that loved one favored or a movie. To construct that understanding of loss and bitter nostalgia within the reader, Bradbury judiciously uses point of view and figurative language. Told from the viewpoint of LaFarge, an elderly man and former father, ‘’The Martian’’ grants readers the chance to observe an elderly couples’ mourning of a lost child as it rains on Mars. The opening of the story shows the elderly couple observing the dreary raining weather peacefully in a domesticated way as ‘’In the distance, through the window, they saw rain gleaming on the sides of the rocket which had brought them from Earth.’’(119). The domestic feeling is felt, the rocket described in a way of a moving truck not yet returned to the company in which it came from; an elderly couple settling into retirement. As the couple settle in their home for warm, LaFarge confesses to his wife about their dead son, Tom, wishing they could have brought him to Mars along with them. The former father is then remembered by his wife that they ‘’came here to enjoy our old age in peace, not to think of Tom.’’ (119). We as the audience are then reminded of our own loss of loved ones as we sympathize with the …show more content…
LaFarge then calls for Anna telling her the discovery as she goes back to their bedroom moaning to herself as LaFarge offers ‘Tom’ shelter if he so wishes to take up on it. Afterwards, LaFarge and Anna are ‘reunited’ with their Tom once again as yet LaFarge deduces that he is a Martian posing as their dead son, ‘’There’s something about you-you’re Tom and yet you’re not.’’(122). ‘Tom’ yet runs away from LaFarge, pleading ‘’Don’t doubt, please don’t doubt me!’’ as LaFarge asks his wife of their real sons grave she laughs, ignorant in the event that happened. ‘Tom’ then returns back to the couple as LaFarge promises to not ask any questions furthermore about his existence, yet LaFarge receives news of another individual that was dead was actually alive as we the audience see the glimpses of ‘Tom’s ability and the uproar it can cause. During the night ‘Tom’ is shown having a nightmare as he mumbles out ‘’Changing and changing. The trap.’’(124). Later on as we the audience finds out that ‘Tom’s nightmare was correct, it is a trap as when Tom goes into town, he is running around people and shifting into their lost loved ones as they soon become hostile and possessive over ‘Tom’ who changes into an ‘Alice’ and a ’William’ also. We are then triggered by the loss of so many people in one person as the mourning of lost loved ones was the end of Tom; as yet Tom
As shown in ‘’The Martian,’’ loss of free will/individuality the reminder of lost loved ones are recalled to memory against a person's ability to prevent such thoughts, whether they see a color that loved one favored or a movie. To construct that understanding of loss and bitter nostalgia within the reader, Bradbury judiciously uses point of view and figurative language. Told from the viewpoint of LaFarge, an elderly man and former father, ‘’The Martian’’ grants readers the chance to observe an elderly couples’ mourning of a lost child as it rains on Mars. The opening of the story shows the elderly couple observing the dreary raining weather peacefully in a domesticated way as ‘’In the distance, through the window, they saw rain gleaming on the sides of the rocket which had brought them from Earth.’’(119). The domestic feeling is felt, the rocket described in a way of a moving truck not yet returned to the company in which it came from; an elderly couple settling into retirement. As the couple settle in their home for warm, LaFarge confesses to his wife about their dead son, Tom, wishing they could have brought him to Mars along with them. The former father is then remembered by his wife that they ‘’came here to enjoy our old age in peace, not to think of Tom.’’ (119). We as the audience are then reminded of our own loss of loved ones as we sympathize with the …show more content…
LaFarge then calls for Anna telling her the discovery as she goes back to their bedroom moaning to herself as LaFarge offers ‘Tom’ shelter if he so wishes to take up on it. Afterwards, LaFarge and Anna are ‘reunited’ with their Tom once again as yet LaFarge deduces that he is a Martian posing as their dead son, ‘’There’s something about you-you’re Tom and yet you’re not.’’(122). ‘Tom’ yet runs away from LaFarge, pleading ‘’Don’t doubt, please don’t doubt me!’’ as LaFarge asks his wife of their real sons grave she laughs, ignorant in the event that happened. ‘Tom’ then returns back to the couple as LaFarge promises to not ask any questions furthermore about his existence, yet LaFarge receives news of another individual that was dead was actually alive as we the audience see the glimpses of ‘Tom’s ability and the uproar it can cause. During the night ‘Tom’ is shown having a nightmare as he mumbles out ‘’Changing and changing. The trap.’’(124). Later on as we the audience finds out that ‘Tom’s nightmare was correct, it is a trap as when Tom goes into town, he is running around people and shifting into their lost loved ones as they soon become hostile and possessive over ‘Tom’ who changes into an ‘Alice’ and a ’William’ also. We are then triggered by the loss of so many people in one person as the mourning of lost loved ones was the end of Tom; as yet Tom