Comparing Eye Of The Needle And Andy Weir's The Martian

Over the past few weeks, I have been reading Ken Follett’s Eye of the Needle and Andy Weir’s The Martian. Eye of the Needle concludes with Faber being killed by falling to his death. After Lucy finds out that Faber has killed her husband David, she puts two and two together and comes to believe Faber is the murder she has been hearing about. Godliman and Bloggs track Faber to Storm Island, but must wait for the storm to clear in order to capture him. Faber though, is able to make contact with his U-boat rescue, and nearly escapes, but Lucy kills Faber by hitting him with a rock as he tries to scale down a cliff to the U-boat rendezvous. Lucy is then told she has killed a German spy, and has maybe saved the war from turning tides. The Germans never finds
On the trip to their ship, Mark Watney is unexpectedly hit by a flying object and sent flying into the distance. His crew believes he is no longer alive, and leaves him behind; they can’t find his body and must leave. However, Mark is alive. Doing some incredible science, Mark is able to begin to survive.. NASA finds out he is alive, and works to get him food and extra equipment, Mark has made a farm to grow food, and the Hab, Mark’s home, is working fine. But this is Mars. If one thing goes wrong, it could spell disaster, and as time increases the chance for something going wrong only increases. Mark has to survive for almost four years, a task that will test all he has got. While reading both these intriguing books I have noticed significant changes that have affected the plot and I have been evaluating. While reading Eye of the Needle, I have seen Faber’s personality change, and while reading The Martian I have seen Mark Watney’s chance of survival change time and time again from good odds to poor odds. I have also been evaluating the character of Mark Watney, and have seen how his unique character has contributed to his chance of