Why Is Mark Waatney Admirable

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Out of anyone in the galaxy, I bet you wouldn’t admire a botanist stuck on Mars. In the story, The Martian, by Andy Weir, Mark Watney is an admirable person. He is admirable because he’s optimistic, hardworking, and most of all, very intelligent. One of the reasons why Mark Watney is admirable is because he is optimistic. This trait is shown throughout the story, when no matter how serious the situation is, he makes the best of it with jokes. This is proven when Dr. Irene Shields says about Watney, “Usually cheerful, with a great sense of humor. He’s quick with a joke.” This makes him admirable because he is optimistic and can make any situation positive. Optimistic people are people you should look up to, which is why Mark Watney is an admirable person. Mark Watney is also admirable because he is hardworking. He puts a lot of stress on his mind and does a ton of physical labor. One time when he does this is when he has to calculate the amount of soil he needed to plant potatoes, and how much he could plant. He also has to haul all of that soil to the shelter. This makes him hardworking because all of the times he had to carry the …show more content…

This is shown many times throughout the story when he improvises. One example of him improvising is when he has nothing to make water, so he uses his knowledge of the materials he was sent with to build a water-making contraption. This shows that Watney is smart because he needs to learn about his materials and what does what to do this. He also shows intelligence when he uses what he learned in his botany Master’s program to grow potatoes.This makes him intelligent because getting a Master’s degree in botany requires Mark to be smart. Also, being able to use what he learned in a situation is hard. This makes Mark Watney admirable because anyone who can use his or her intellect so well is someone people should

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