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    In the short story The Warm Space, readers are informed that human beings are no longer the main source on Earth. The story begins with a man name Jason, who volunteer to complete a mission away from his family, in order for his child to be proud of him in a near future. The story mentions that Jason was one of the few human in the ship, most of them were cyborgs. It mentions how Jason would be treated poorly and with disgust because he was human. Jason was told not to touch nor to move anything…

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    Courage is doing something even if it frightens someone. All the men from earth had courage. To start with, that men kept going to Mars; this showed courage because they know that the crew before them had something bad happen. Also, they were going to a plant millions of miles away from Earth to see if the there was any life form on Mars. Nathaniel York was the first to go to Mars, after him was Captain Williams and his crew. Williams and his crew went to Mrs. Ttt, who is the first Martian they…

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    Samuel R Delany’s High Weir, is a story published in 1967. The story describes an expedition group that is stationed on Mars and how one of the memebers goes through a mental breakdown and experiences delusions. The story is narrated by the man himself and throughout the story, he himself starts questioning his sanity. High Weir takes the reader on a wild SF rollercoaster. Confusing the reader with the thoughts of the narrator and with the actual events taking place outside the narrators mind.…

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    1. State the title and author of the novel. “Out of the Silent Planet.” By C.S. Lewis. 2. Where is the story set? 1/3 of the story is in London, the other portion is on the red planet of Malacadra. 3. When is the story set? It does not say, therefore I had to estimate so I would say the 1900s. 4. Place it in its’ historical context. The historical context is in its belief, belief that there are other planets out there, and that nothing is impossible. Because, Ransom at first, did not believe…

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    The Justice League In the work, Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury, the theme of injustice on Mars has been reflected through the characters in the fourth expedition. Jeff Spender stands out from the beginning, as his solemn behavior opposes that of the celebratory ones of the rest of the crew. From the start, he understands the injustice of the men being on mars in the first place, and is grieved knowing what will happen to the martian civilization after humans take over. His anger towards…

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    The Director, Ridley Scott, of, The Martian 2015, has employed film language to convey ideas about important themes directed at teenagers. Scott has sent his powerful message to the audience of teenagers by successfully using symbols, written text, an amazing audio track and highly entertaining technical features. Ridley Scott has used Themes, to convey messages to the audience (Mostly Teenagers/Adults), to help them make it more interesting for the viewers. The Main type of themes that Ridley…

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    There have been many magnificent space missions. NASA was the one who prepared all the needs for the spacecraft so they could complete their missions. Mars Rover Spirit and Opportunity, Apollo 11, and Freedom 7 discovered and accomplished some great things. These missions helped scientists learn about things in outer space. They changed our world by giving us valuable information about different planets and galaxies today. All these space missions sacrificed astronauts lives and lots of money.…

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    movie “The Martian” the main character Mark Watney (Matt Damon) faces many problems. Watney is stranded on Mars, impelled with an antenna, does not have enough food to stay on Mars and does not have any communication to NASA. Watney and his crew had been on a mission on Mars when they had discovered a storm was coming causing them to abort the mission. As they had been getting ready to leave Mars the storm him making it hard for them to see. As they made an effort to leave a satellite hit…

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    Veronica climbed into the big bed, jeans off, and pulled the big, soft blanket to her chin. The lights were soft in Logan’s room, she’d never noticed that before. The rest of the world was this harsh, unforgivable place, lighting up her weak spots with hot, bright lights, but there, Veronica almost felt safe. She smiled to herself in his bed; she’d confronted her best friend’s killer there, she shook her head. But that was how she was, that was who she was- what had Logan said? The bravest…

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    *In The Mountains* Allen sat up with Bryce and Logan as everyone else turned in for the night, he had so many unanswered questions that he needed closure on. After his girlfriend had turned out to be evil he couldn’t be to sure. “So” he started, fiddling with a piece of string in his hands “where are your mentors?” he asked. “Lost him in a fire in Baltimore after the Larks crashed our safe house” Logan answered with a sad smile “Lonnie picked me up from there, its how I found out Ellie was…

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