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give us choices we desire, such as control explained by Turkle of the option of being able to save lives using the drones but they are not always the best decisions. Those options can have destructive consequences and one of these was shown in the Martian Chronicles, the destruction of Earth. The drones could be used in many ways and be adopted by all nations and cause a war that could possibly destroy…

“The Veldt” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury on September 23, 1950. Bradbury, known for his science fiction genre, wrote many novels including: Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Dandelion Wine and more. The common theme of his novels is that humans can be manipulated by technology. “The Veldt” is about a family that has a very technologically advanced home that performs every task for them. The children eventually get revenge on their parents with their own technology – the nursery…

or more people) process, we can develop and sustain relationships. The context of the “Martian Child” movie has many great concepts of communication knowledge and skills, such as: listening, perception, person-centeredness, constructivism, artifacts, hypothetical thought, nonverbal communication, and many more that relate to interpersonal communication and its effects on a variety of relationships. The “martian child,” Dennis, undergoes the phases of abandonment and…

The Martian is a 2011 science fiction novel written by American author Andy Weir. His book was later turned into a motion picture that was released on October 2, 2015, which stars Academy Award winning actor Matt Damon as the main character, Mark Watney. The Martian is about six scientists who travel to Mars aboard a NASA spacecraft to check the planet and it characteristics. While they are there collecting dust, taking pictures, and recording data everything seems to be fine; then tragedy…

Humans of all ages can suffer from loneliness due to isolation at some point or another in one’s lives whether it’s intentional or unintentional. In the movie The Martian, while on a space mission Mark Watney is mistakenly abandoned after a spontaneous storm wreaks havoc across Mars. Although the odds of him losing his mental health because he was deserted on a desolate planet were incredibly high, Watney is able to stay sane by creating video diaries that document every little thing he does.…

The Martian The closest Mars and Earth will ever be is 54.6 million kilometers. That has to be a bad feeling when it’s 2035 and your crew has just left you all alone on Mars. In The Martian book and movie we find out just how Mark Watney felt as he fought for his life while stranded on Mars and his strong desire to be reunited with Earth. The movie left out many important details that were included in the book, such as getting to know Watney before hopping into his journey and despite its lack…

The human race should improve upon itself before making contact with another race. The human race is too arrogant by believing they are the best race and belittling other races. In the story a martian odyssey (Stanley Weinbaum) there is not a lot to prove my thesis but there is some at the start of the story when our protagonist he thinks tweel is not an intelligent creature but is quickly proven wrong when he tries to communicate with him he quickly picks up the words to have a very basic…

Watney of The Martian makes such a convincing and relatable narrator. Andy Weir, the author of The Martian, uses personability to create an environment surrounding the botanist, mechanical engineer, and astronaut who leads the novel that gives the reader a reason to become invested. Not only is Watney wildly qualified to do what he does, as he is an astronaut, after all, but he is relatable and enjoyable to interact with through the style of writing provided by Weir. While The Martian may not…

1) (a)The part of The Martian i found really interesting was the ‘poop scene’.Mark was on mars with a limited supply of food and water so he has to think fast on how to survive on mars till NASA saves him. Luckily he studied botany and was good at it. Mark thought of using dirt from mars and getting his own waste to fertilize the dirt so he can grow plants, using tarps to cover the mechanical equipment, and using a machine to generate water using fire and filling the room with oxygen and water…

Is ''The Martian'' Movie Realistic? I recently went to the theater to see Matt Damon's newest picture, ''The Martian''. In it, Damon stars as Mark Watney, a NASA astronaut who finds himself stuck on Mars after a freak dust storm forces him and his team (Ares III) off of the planet. When Watney is struck by debri before he can enter the ship home, the rest of the crew is forced to assume he's dead and leave without him. What they don't know is that Watney survived, due to the debri actually…