3. The exposition is when Marvin goes outside for the first time. The rising action is when Marvin and his father take a surface vehicle to go see Earth. The climax is when Marvin got to see the Earth for the first time and it was destroyed. The falling action is when his father tells him about nuclear pollution and the dreams about returning to Earth. The denouement is when Marvin plans to take part in keeping the dream alive of returning back to earth.
4. Marvin is the protagonist in this story. The Antagonist in this story is the Earth.
5. Marvin is enthusiastic and eager. Marvin is excited when he finds out his father is going to take him to see the Earth. Marvin is grim. When Marvin sees his first earthrise, his happiness turns to dread. Although the lighted half of earth looks perfectly normal, and Marvin imagines the lush forests and oceans that he has heard about, the half of earth that should be dark is glowing. This was a sign of the radioactive aftermath of atomic war. Marvin’s father tells him how humanity destroyed itself, leaving only the small colony of humans on the moon. Now, they must …show more content…
This colony contains the only human survivors of the human race. The imagery is mainly of the desolate splendor of this setting, the mountains and sky. The moral is never to forget one's roots. This is exaggerated on a huge scale; the survivors of the human race must never forget where they came from, and aim to return. This is why the trip outside is a journey, when Marvin's dad takes him to view the earth which appears beautiful but still deadly in the aftermath of the nuclear holocaust. This is the first time that Mervin sees his original home and he is filled with sadness over the loss, but at the same time he instinctively realizes that one day, when at last it's safe to go back, his descendants will do