Mark Waatney Quotes

“I’m pretty much f*cked. That’s my considered opinion. F*cked.” Mark Watney (Weir, 1) Mark Watney said the above lines on the first page of Andy Weir’s bestselling novel The Martian. If anybody were to be stranded on Mars by themselves, they would have the exact same reaction. Many people would panic and give up hope right away, but a very small amount people would calm themselves down, take inventory of their supplies, and try to solve the problem of being stuck on Mars. Mark Watney was one of the few people that would calm themselves down after the initial panic and use their personal traits to solve the problem at hand. Mark Watney used his intelligence, resourcefulness, and even amazing sense of humor to make it off Mars with very little

Mark is able to crack jokes in the most serious and deadly situations. One example is when Mark is being rescued from Mars. Mark and his crew mates are trying to think of a plan to get Mark off of the MAV, which he used as a rocket to get off of Mars, and into the space station. As Mark makes a suggestion, he makes a joke at the exact same time. “’I admit it’s fatally dangerous’…’But consider this: I’d get to fly around like Iron Man.’” (Weir, 353) Even in these strenuous times, Mark is able to lighten the mood with a little humor. Mark is also humorous when he is lonely, and when you would think he is sad. Where many people would be very depressed and lonely on their one hundredth ninety first day of being on Mars- all alone- with no human sole for millions of miles, Mark is still being his humorous self. On day one hundred ninety seven (his crew had to evacuate on day six) he says, “You know what? ‘Kilowatt-hours per sol’ is a pain in the ass to say. I’m gonna invent a new scientific name. One kilowatt-hour per sol is… it can be anything… um… I suck at this… I’ll call it a ‘pirate-ninja.‘”. (Weir, 230). You can always count on Mark to give you a little smile in your day, no matter how gloomy it may