Mark Watney's Breakdown

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People are not always responsible for what happens to them. Andy Weir’s award-winning book The Martian states “Then one of those long thin antennae slammed into me end first. It tore through my suit like a bullet through butter and I felt the worst pain of my life as it ripped open my side… The last thing I remember was seeing Johanssen hopelessly reaching out toward me.” (p. 5) Mark Watney had no control over whether or not the antenna would hit him. The colossal dust storm that attacked the Ares-3 crew was an unforeseen and unexpected event. As a result, there was no precautionary measure that Mark Watney could have taken to prevent him from getting impaled. Additionally, the article “300 million children live in areas with extreme air

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