The Role Of Perseverance In Andy Weir's The Martian
The Martian by Andy Weir a 2011 novel who stars an astronaut who is mistakenly left behind on Mars . The novel discusses his survival on the planet alone and all the struggles he and the people trying to rescue him go through. With science and perseverance Mark the astronaut will get through his struggles and survive on the planet Mars. In 2035 the crew of NASA Area 3 has a mission to Mars. While in space there is a dust storm which because a great threat. During their hurried evacuation and the botanist and engineer Mark Watney is hit by an antenna and torn loose. He is flung out of sight and they had no choice but to abandon him to Mars. He didn't die from this strong storm but is alive. He now has to use his perseverance,intelligence and
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Mark uses perseverance when he uses one of the Habs a module that is pressurized to carry cargo and comes in different sizes and can be placed in many different locations. What he does is he begins to build plants inside the Hab for his survival with him being a botanist he has much knowledge of plants and is able to plant potatoes and have food from them.This soon comes to an end when one of the canvases of the Hab airlocks tears off and nearly killing Mark. He repairs the Hab but all of his plants die. This then makes him threatened with starvation once again. This causes much stress on Mark knowing he know has to find another way to not die of starvation. Even though this did happen he is still positive we can see this when he says in the novel, “ I'm not talking about faith in God, I'm talking about faith in Mark Watney” (22.72) . Marks chances of survival at this point in the book are starting to dwindle down. The people working at NASA do know he is there and are trying to find a way to get him back but do it without harming Mark. When people are in time of distress they soon begin to give up on the plan and expect the fact that they are failing .Mark uses his perseverance to get him through his struggles of trying to survive. H not only has perseverance but he also is very
Mark uses perseverance when he uses one of the Habs a module that is pressurized to carry cargo and comes in different sizes and can be placed in many different locations. What he does is he begins to build plants inside the Hab for his survival with him being a botanist he has much knowledge of plants and is able to plant potatoes and have food from them.This soon comes to an end when one of the canvases of the Hab airlocks tears off and nearly killing Mark. He repairs the Hab but all of his plants die. This then makes him threatened with starvation once again. This causes much stress on Mark knowing he know has to find another way to not die of starvation. Even though this did happen he is still positive we can see this when he says in the novel, “ I'm not talking about faith in God, I'm talking about faith in Mark Watney” (22.72) . Marks chances of survival at this point in the book are starting to dwindle down. The people working at NASA do know he is there and are trying to find a way to get him back but do it without harming Mark. When people are in time of distress they soon begin to give up on the plan and expect the fact that they are failing .Mark uses his perseverance to get him through his struggles of trying to survive. H not only has perseverance but he also is very