An Anthropologist On Mars By Oliver Sacks

An Anthropologist On Mars by Oliver Sacks
The Four Sides
“People aren’t always as they seem”

Miranda Jordan

Mr. I “The Color Blind Painter”: The Side
That No One Sees
• Since Mr. I became totally colorblind, all he wants is to be able to see in color once again.
• He contemplates about suicide due to the fact he knows he will never feel the joy of seeing color besides black and white again.
• He searches for help to find answers why he became color blind, and if it can be reversed.

Greg “The Last Hippie”: How The Character
Sees Himself
• Greg sees himself as a rebel, a nonconformist, who is searching for spiritual enlightenment.
• He thinks acid will help bring him to having a higher conscious.
• After he finds the International Society of
Krishna Consciousness he thinks that instead of drugs, this religious group will help him reach the enlightenment he’s searching for.

Dr. Carl Bennett “Surgeon With
Tourettes”: How Others See The Character
• Some people don’t understand him, and don’t know how to cope with his condition.
• Others are fascinated with how he can be a brilliant surgeon and maintain his tourettes.
• And some people won’t allow him to work on him due to their fear of him messing up and killing them.

Virgil “To See or Not To See”: How The Character
Wants To Be Seen
• Virgil is blind and has cataracts in his eyes, and all he wants to do is be seen as a person with eyes that actually works.
• He wants to be able to see his fiancé and for her to know that he can actually see her.
• He wants to know that even if his vision cannot be fixed that his fiancé will still love him no matter what.