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On Earth, a rocket launch is occurring, which spreads heat. "The rocket lay on the launching field, blowing out pink clouds of fire and oven heat." I chose this quote because it most clearly states the premise and theme of this chapter.
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Ylla, one half of an unhappy Martian couple, dreams of meeting a man from Earth, so her husband kills the astronauts. "this Nathaniel York person told me...he'd take me away into his shop, into the sky with him, and take me back to his planet with him." This quote summarizes what Ylla saw and that was happy and expectant of what was to happen.
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People all over Mars are speaking in English and singing Earth songs. "And in a thousand villas, in the middle of the night, woman awoke, screaming." This quote shows the surreal mood of the chapter and how many of the people reacted
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A second expedition of astronauts comes, but they are thought insane and killed. "The next day was fair and warm." I think this quote demonstrates the tone of the book so far. The authors tone seems to be very contrasted with what is actually happenin
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A man wants to board the rocket to avoid the upcoming atomic war. It is interesting that the man felt he, and everyone else by extension, had a natural right to go to Mars. He didn't have the astronauts years of training, just desperation.
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A third expedition comes to Mars, and are tricked into seeing their dead family members and killed. "Grandpa and Grandma Lustig were there, weeping, their faces shifting like wax, shimmering as all things shimmer on a hot day."
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A fourth expedition comes to Mars, a dead civilization, and infighting occurs. "There's no hatred here." I chose this quote because it is very ironic. Each expedition that has come has ended in violence, including this one. Mars is presented as a perfect, philosophically advanced society, and in order to defend it, these astronauts turn against their own.
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The stream of people moving to Mars slowly increases. "most men felt the great illness in them even before the rocket fired into space. And this disease was called The Loneliness," I believe this quote demonstrates the general theme of this chapter, and the tone. This chapter talked about the many reasons people left, but the main one was this--Loneliness.
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A man comes to Mars and plants trees, which grow overnight after the first rain. "That would be his job, to fight against the very thing that might prevent his staying here." In this chapter, it is very apparent of how people have to change Mars in order to feel comfortable, in order to survive.
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A man meets a Martian from the past. "Who wants to see the future, who ever does?" In this book the characters are unsure of what is truly going on, and sometimes the readers are too. This chapter is especially different, dealing with themes of time, and the relationship between the past and future
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After people accustomed to hard work settle Mars, people tired of the city life arrive. "They made things a little less empty, so that others could find courage to follow." I think it is unrealistic that only Americans had the technology and were advanced enough to come to Mars. But this could because it was written in a different time period.
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As more people come, they build cities identical to the ones they left on Earth. "They brought in fifteen thousand lumber feet of Oregon pine to build Tenth City, and seventy-nine thousand feet of California redwood."This chapter is quite short, and by its name, you can tell that it may be a filler just before something big happens.
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Boys get in trouble for playing with bones in the dead Martian city. "The first boy there would be the musician, playing the white xylophone bones beneath the outer covering of black flakes."
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All the black people in the South go to Mars. "I can't figure why they left now. With things looking up." This quote shows the tone for this chapter, or at least the character, Mr. Teece, an obviously racist perspective
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A man tired of bureaucracy, creates a house of death identical to the original Usher. "Members of the Society for the prevention of Fantasy good clean citizens, every one, who had waited until the rough men had come up...and made everything safe." It's interesting how the author chose to show multiple different ways technology has advanced, not just space travel. and also how he thinks society may change, getting rid of anything they don't agree with.
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Finally, old people come to Mars. "hte dry crackling people, the people who spent their time listening to their hearts and feeling their pulses and spooning syrups into their wry mouths." I believe this quote shows the type of descriptive language used in this chapter.
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One of the last Martians, shape shifts into dead loved ones before being overwhelmed and dying. "Who is this, he thought, in need of love as much as we/" It is interesting to compare how this Martian acts, to those of the first few chapters, when they were numerous and strong. This Martian was starved of love and companionship, and didn't seem to be in control of who they turned into.
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With the war coming, soon everyone will go back to Earth. "I know we came to get away from things--politics, the atom bomb, war, pressure groups, prejudice, laws--I know. But it's still home there." This quote shows the irony that people came to Mars to avoid the war, but still go back to fight in it? This chapter foreshadows the events that have yet to come, but the luggage store owners prediction proves
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This is when people on Mars realize the war has started. "There'll be another batch of customers in about a million years. Gotta be ready, yes, sir." This chapter is the first time one of the original surviving astronauts is revisited. Sam Parkhill seems to be like the average man on Mars, with big dreams that don't get fulfilled. And like many, treats Mars and Martians badly, despite his wife's protests, who seems glad they have to leave.
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fter the bombs start destroying Earth, everyone moves back. "At nine o'clock Earth seemed to explode, catch fire, and burn." I think it's strange that EVERYONE goes back. If there is atomic warfare going on, wouldn't it be safer to stay on Mars. I think more people should be trying to get to Mars, not the other way arou
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Walter Gripp is the last man on Mars, and he wants nothing to do with the last woman. "Well, here I am, the only lady on Mars, and here is the only man, and, well..." The major difference between the two characters in this chapter is that Genevieve was there by choice, and Walter was not.