I definitely thought it was quite bizarre, and in the beginning I wasn’t too sure if I agreed with their theories of how the town came to be. Particularly that they are able to hide the secret city on Mars for so long and go in secret on a rocket to outer space seemed so far fetched for me to believe.
The town that these people have created on Mars is so similar to what there is on Earth. They were appreciating the peace and quiet as they haven’t experienced it in so long. It almost felt no different from a town on Earth, it felt like a spring day to them. It is significant because they created what seems to be a peaceful town, almost like a utopia, in a time when back on Earth there wasn’t much peace.
I think most of them perform the ritual because they feel they deserve it in a way. It is never really said how they were killed, but it was likely pretty gruesome. So they feel obligated to give them a human funeral, although they also blow up the rocket so that it is gone. I found this strange because with them blowing up the rocket it makes me believe they
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have no intentions of leaving where they are and exploring what else is out there, I I began to wonder why this was. The idea that they turn into people from the past that the men remember. They are so shocked by this they don’t even think about if it is truly them. Captain John Black became aware that this could all be a fantasy and not really, but it was too late and he couldn’t even make it out the room before being killed. It was extremely disturbing to me because I was thinking of how it would all happen, and how they believed they were actually back in their childhood with their families and friends. How they came to believe they were a child again is disturbing to me because we don’t really know how this was done or necessarily why. A complete utopia is never possible because everyone has different views and opinions of what they think would be best. The utopia described seems very peaceful, and the ultimate goal for everyone is happiness. Which I would want in a utopia as well, however they have no military and although it likely isn’t needed there should be something in place in case someone tries to overthrow the government. I also wouldn’t have some boy in a room underground, and show people it at a certain age, that part was extremely sad and disturbing. I think in a way Le Guin is trying to say something about our culture, in that if we have completely everything we want and everything is great, somewhere somebody is going to be suffering immensely. Which is why a total utopia is never possible because nobody is going to agree with all the rules, and somewhere somebody will disagree causing a problem. Our own happiness isn’t based on the pain or inconvenience of others because one person could be the happiest person ever and they aren’t inconveniencing anybody. Although, like in the story if most everyone is happy and is getting what they want and there’s one person who isn’t then it becomes a problem and in the story some people couldn’t cope with what they saw and walked away from the Omelas. Yes, at first I assumed it would be a utopia since that is when everyone is supposed to be equal. However, in this story many different things are being satirized. They don’t want anybody to be too affirmative and so with that they fear a lot of differences. Most specifically, those who are more intelligent have to wear handicaps that prevent them from thinking about things too much so that they can’t overthrow the government. They are too scared of people being different so they limit their abilities such as Harrison, he must wear weights around his neck, glasses to make him blind and get headaches, and headphones to keep him from thinking of different thoughts that would make him better than everyone else. The story is more of a parody I believe, since it is a bit extreme to place neck weights on people that are stronger than others. The phrase “all men are created equal” means more that socially people are equal, and that because of different people’s beliefs or race they are discriminated against. The statement has definitely changed over time, it used on mean white, property-owning men but now it includes everyone of all races and beliefs. He demonstrates the impulse to want control, as he wants to take over what they have created and show the public of what he can become if he was given the freedom to. Glampers kills him in order to show who really has the power, and to show the public what will happen to them if they tried to overthrow them. In each story there is people in place or laws in place to stop rebellion.
In “Mars is Heaven!” it is the Martians would prevent the new people from making a change by killing them. In “Harrison Bergeron” the Handicapper General is in charge as she kills Harrison Bergeron and commands the other in the room at the time to put the handicaps back on at once and they listen. She is shown to have the most power in the story but the rest of the people in the government have the power over the people as well to prevent a rebellion from happening, and also the people are so fearful in the story they don’t want to do anything wrong. And in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” the people are told strict instruction about how to act about the boy in the room and those who see it and are uncomfortable with it so much do not rebel, but instead they simply leave all the Omelas in search of something else, something
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Tracy K. Smith’s collection of poems in Life on Mars is a spectacular work that explores deaths and its effect on family life and the way a person in mourning shift their view of the present and the past. In four sections the pieces are able to see the same concepts in ways that range from realistic and personal to a fantastical and withdrawn. All the pieces work together, asking questions that others answer and providing the reader with a sense of completion upon finishing. Especially in the darker poems Tracy K. Smith provides a clear voice that evokes amazing presence with a conservation of language.
In the story, "The View of Me From Mars," Lee K. Abott writes a story about a father and son relationship. In this story the father realizes that he isn't perfect and tries to have his son cover up his own mistake. Lee K. Abott, though being subtle, makes it known, through the characters he uses, that a person can't believe everything he sees. The author successfully enlightens the reader with his use of point of view, characterization, and theme to make the reader feel sympathy and to give the story credibility.
Ever since the beginning of time, Americans have been struggling to obtain equality. The main goal is to have a country where everyone can be considered equal, and no one is judged or discriminated against because of things out of their control. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Plays with this idea of total equality in his futuristic short story, Harrison Bergeron. The setting is in 2081, where everyone is equal. No one is allowed to be better than anybody else. The government makes anyone who would be considered above average wear a transmitting device to limit their thoughts to twenty seconds at a time, which is considered average in this day. They also must wear bags of buckshot shackled to their necks to ensure no one can be stronger than anybody
In the beginning of the book, it foreshadows an atomic war on Earth. Humans have broken out into violence all over the Earth. Humanity had to put up with constant bombing and constant chaos. The skies were always red, and there is always pain that flows through the air. Humanity thinks about ways to escape all the chaos to go to a place that might provide a peaceful environment. One place comes to mind; this place is secluded and no brutal environment. It is called Mars. They need a rocket to get Mars. Two astronauts finally go on this expedition. It is considered the first attempt to a new peaceful place.
How would you feel to be the last person on a planet? Would you like to be alone or what if the only other person left is someone you do not like? The chapters The Silent Towns and The Long Years in The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury is about two different people believing they are the last person alive on Mars.
When someone dies their bones are burned and crushed into ash and consumed by the relatives. It puts a persons soul at peace to find a resting place within their family, it would be an abomination to bury them in the ground. Once this ceremony is finished the person is gone. Their name or person is never to be mentioned again.
It's an object lesson in civilization. " We'll learn from Mars" (pp. 55. The aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid a Throughout the story, Earth man,especially American think that they are superior to the Martian. Earth man can do anything and knows everything. However, Bradbury's message is to tell them it is not true.
In The Martian Chronicles there are four expeditions to Mars. Each is unsuccessful, but Earth decides to build a civilization there anyway to avoid the atomic war back home. This book consists of many short stories dealing with hysteria, jealousy, loneliness, greed, love and betrayal both on Earth and on Mars. In all the stories of The Martian Chronicles the main idea is that people ventured to Mars to start a civilization. After they had built cities replacing those of the original Martians, the humans abandoned Mars to return to their families on earth and provide support while the atomic war was raging.
In 'The Third Expedition';, the sixth short-story in The Martian Chronicles, Bradbury uses his description of America on Mars to give a setting and tone for the story. He suggested that by 1950, America had already started to vanish. By the time any astronaut reached Mars, the America the astronaut knew would be greatly different than that of America in 1950. Bradbury was setting Mars equal to small-town life on Earth. 'The rocket landed on a lawn of green grass. Outside, upon this lawn, stood an iron deer. Further up on the green stood a tall brown Victorian house, quiet in the sunlight, all covered with scrolls and rococo, its windows made of blue and pink and yellow and green colored glass.'; If just this quote had been read, one would have thought that the rocket landed on Earth. Bradbury, using his wonde...
The Martian is about an astronaut, Mark Watney, who gets stranded on the surface of Mars for over 500 days without anyone knowing, at first. He has to survive in the martian atmosphere by creating his own water and even growing his own plants! Mark sets out from his HAB on a rover to travel a distance to an old rover named Sojourner. He brings back Sojourner hoping to connect communication with Earth. Mark soon becomes low on supplies and needs help soon. Will Mark achieve communication with Earth and miraculously get rescued?
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks introduces seven neurological cases that happens to people around the world. Sacks deals with different aspects of the brain, such as, the lobes of the brain, perception, and neurological disorders. One of the cases Sacks mentions is “The Case of the Colorblind Painter”. The case involves an artist who can’t see color due to an accident he encountered. His colorblindness affects his daily life, including his dreams; he doesn’t see a wide range of colors in his life, only what he describes it as “a black and white tv screen”. When I was reading his case, I found it intriguing that one can develop colorblindness from an accident. I always thought that colorblindness was a genetic thing, but the fact that at any given moment, it can activate shows that the brain has more mysterious than intended. The powerful emotional aspect of the case makes it more powerful and shows a deep theme. It makes me realize that I shouldn't take anything for granted because at any given moment, something can be taken away.
As noted previously, friendship turns to be the common thread among the three selected films. This particular featured theme is common in children’s film. Friendship also helps individual to build certain emotions such as caring, courage, confidence, love, and hope. The three selected films, in my observation have shown that friendship relates to growing, developing, and nurturing what Bloch identified as the expectant emotions. The expectant emotions according to Bloch are emotions which are not easily satisfied and “essentially imply a real future” (75). Thus those emotions needs to be grown, developed, and nurtured. Fear, anxiety, hope, and belief as the expectant emotions are strongly present in WALL∙E, Mars Needs Moms, and Home. It is
Reflection on the past is a mirror towards the future. As the characters in The Martian Chronicles reflect, they come to the conclusion that their distress arises from the self, saying, “‘I was looking for Earthian logic, common sense, good government, peace, and responsibility.’ ‘All that up there?’ ‘No, I didn’t find it. It’s not there anymore. Maybe it’ll never be there again. Maybe we fooled ourselves it was ever there’” (Bradbury 231). The futuristic and fantastical journey to colonize Mars may appear insignificant on the surface, but Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles is much more than a simple science fiction novel; it is an exploration of humanity, its tribulations and triumphs, and its fatal flaws. It was written both as an
Aliens in science fiction have not only served as a topic of entertainment, but as beings of reflection for people. Questions of intelligence and civilization amongst aliens bring contest to the dominance and achievements of mankind. In the short stories, “A Martian Odyssey” by Stanley Weinbaum and “When I was Miss Dow” by Sonya Dorman, humanity is repeatedly contested through the aliens depicted. Weinbaum’s writing recounts the adventure of astronaut Dick Jarvis where his observations of the grotesque and diverse Martian lifeforms bring into question the limitations and the closedmindedness of humans. In “When I was Miss Dow”, the protagonist integrates into human society through the changing of its originally genderless form to a human woman.
On the other hands of using rhetorical device of repetition, Mars efficiently use of pronouns in turn of create a more personal atmosphere. By using “you” and “your” in the chorus, Mars creates the effect that the person listen to the song feels directly spoken to. This helps to establish a personal connection between the words and the listeners. Not only in the chorus but also in the middle of the second stanza the writer uses “you” and “your,” which serves the same purpose as the particular use of pronouns during the chorus. One of the advantages that Mars usage of pronouns can makes the listeners become personally involved or part of this song.