After reading The Martian by Andy Weir, I was fascinated by the elements Weir
portrayed in the novel such as isolation, sacrifice, and man vs the world. The main character,
Mark Watney, gets stuck on Mars for almost two years. Two years. Over the course of that time,
Mark becomes acquainted with the red planet on a level that no one ever has before.
portrayed in the novel such as isolation, sacrifice, and man vs the world. The main character,
Mark Watney, gets stuck on Mars for almost two years. Two years. Over the course of that time,
Mark becomes acquainted with the red planet on a level that no one ever has before.
In The Martian, Mark is stranded on Mars, separated from everyone and everything he holds dear.
It's a life filled with danger, disaster, and panic, yet the thing that stings the most are his feelings of
loneliness. Sometimes they make him feel a little crazy. Sometimes they just make him feel hopeless.
As we see him adapt and fight back against these dark feelings, however, we learn a lot about the
powerful effects isolation can have on even the strongest minds.
It's a life filled with danger, disaster, and panic, yet the thing that stings the most are his feelings of
loneliness. Sometimes they make him feel a little crazy. Sometimes they just make him feel hopeless.
As we see him adapt and fight back against these dark feelings, however, we learn a lot about the
powerful effects isolation can have on even the strongest minds.
The novel is filled with instances of people sacrificing something important to them for the sake of others, whether we're talking about NASA's massive budgetary sacrifices or the very personal ones of the Hermes crew. There might be some parallel universe out there where Mark gets stuck on Mars and everyone is too occupied to notice, but we can guarantee that's not happening here. If anything, the novel shows us that the desire to give up our well-being for the sake of others is hard-wired into our DNA.
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