Analysis Of Andy Weir's 'The Martian'
What would it be like to be stranded on Mars? In this novel written by Andy Weir, the main character - astronaut Mark Watney - is left behind on Mars and is forced to survive with limited resources.
Thankfully, Mark has the help of many people at NASA, such as Venkat Cooper, director of Mars operations, Teddy Sanders, and others.
Mark only has resources for a thirty day mission to Mars, but to get off the planet, he’ll have to survive for four years. Meanwhile, it seems that Mars keeps trying to kill him.
In The Martian, the main theme is survival. After all, Mark’s goal in the book is to get back to Earth. The Martian, written by Andy Weir, is a science-fiction book filled with suspense to keep readers reading.
Andy Weir uses his …show more content…
He is also a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of of science-y subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. (in-text citation goes here).
Andy Weir, a devoted nerd, used his love of science and knowledge to make the book as life-like as possible.
Andy Weir incorporates suspense to keep readers reading.
An example of this is when Mark breaks the Pathfinder [explain what this is here] and subsequently loses communication to Earth.
“Pathfinder operates on 50 milliamps. It got 9000 milliamps, which plowed through the delicate electronics, frying everything along the way… I’ve lost my my ability to contact Earth. I’m on my own” (Weir 228).
Mark is then left to survive on his own, again.
Weir uses suspense again when Mark is heading into a dust storm and doesn’t know it.
“‘Right now, it’s twenty percent of normal. And Watney’s rover is powered by solar panels…’ She [introduce who she is here] shook her head. ‘The satellites won’t be able to see through the dust. Once he enters the affected area, we won’t see anything until he comes out the other side’”(Weir …show more content…
The suspense makes readers wanna keep reading to find out what happens next!
Weir uses science-fiction so that his book is as accurate as possible, and, for a nerd like him, finding the science is fun. For example, in one scene, Mark Watney explains how he can make more water: “Long story short, I can trick the regulator into pulling all the oxygen out of the Hab… I’ll use an O2 tank to spray short blasts of oxygen at the hydrogen, and make a spark with a couple of wires and a battery. It’ll set the hydrogen on fire, but only until the small bit of oxygen is used up” (Weir 39). The formula Weir uses for making water would most likely work in real life.
Mark uses his knowledge of botany to plant enough potatoes so that he gets the amount of calories he needs: “I estimate I can get 50 percent higher yield by using these tactics. And with the 126 square meters of farmland… it works out to be just over 850 calories per day” (Weir 20).
Botany is a type of science, and Mark uses his botany skills to grow food on Mars.
Weir uses his knowledge of science to write an awesome sciencey
Thankfully, Mark has the help of many people at NASA, such as Venkat Cooper, director of Mars operations, Teddy Sanders, and others.
Mark only has resources for a thirty day mission to Mars, but to get off the planet, he’ll have to survive for four years. Meanwhile, it seems that Mars keeps trying to kill him.
In The Martian, the main theme is survival. After all, Mark’s goal in the book is to get back to Earth. The Martian, written by Andy Weir, is a science-fiction book filled with suspense to keep readers reading.
Andy Weir uses his …show more content…
He is also a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of of science-y subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. (in-text citation goes here).
Andy Weir, a devoted nerd, used his love of science and knowledge to make the book as life-like as possible.
Andy Weir incorporates suspense to keep readers reading.
An example of this is when Mark breaks the Pathfinder [explain what this is here] and subsequently loses communication to Earth.
“Pathfinder operates on 50 milliamps. It got 9000 milliamps, which plowed through the delicate electronics, frying everything along the way… I’ve lost my my ability to contact Earth. I’m on my own” (Weir 228).
Mark is then left to survive on his own, again.
Weir uses suspense again when Mark is heading into a dust storm and doesn’t know it.
“‘Right now, it’s twenty percent of normal. And Watney’s rover is powered by solar panels…’ She [introduce who she is here] shook her head. ‘The satellites won’t be able to see through the dust. Once he enters the affected area, we won’t see anything until he comes out the other side’”(Weir …show more content…
The suspense makes readers wanna keep reading to find out what happens next!
Weir uses science-fiction so that his book is as accurate as possible, and, for a nerd like him, finding the science is fun. For example, in one scene, Mark Watney explains how he can make more water: “Long story short, I can trick the regulator into pulling all the oxygen out of the Hab… I’ll use an O2 tank to spray short blasts of oxygen at the hydrogen, and make a spark with a couple of wires and a battery. It’ll set the hydrogen on fire, but only until the small bit of oxygen is used up” (Weir 39). The formula Weir uses for making water would most likely work in real life.
Mark uses his knowledge of botany to plant enough potatoes so that he gets the amount of calories he needs: “I estimate I can get 50 percent higher yield by using these tactics. And with the 126 square meters of farmland… it works out to be just over 850 calories per day” (Weir 20).
Botany is a type of science, and Mark uses his botany skills to grow food on Mars.
Weir uses his knowledge of science to write an awesome sciencey