Friday, February 20, 2009

The martian chronicles

page 73-90

5 comments
  • people really are like that, when ever something isn't going there way or things get tough, or they have completely messed up there surroundings they try and take over someone else place instead of fixing there own.
  • He probably fainted because of the lack of air that there is.
  • I think that the rain is a sing that there will be plant life on mars, he just has to have some faith.
  • I think that Mr. driscoll is either crazy or sick because he keeps on fainting.
  • maybe its all in his head, like a allusion.

4 questions
  • How are plants going to be able to sprout on mars?
  • Who is it doing all this planting, i thought everyone was killed?
  • How many people have settled on mars so far?
  • How is it that the trees he planted could be so big after only one month?
3 words i don't know
  • Elixir-A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ills.
  • Sherry-A fortified Spanish wine ranging from very dry to sweet and from amber to brown.

2 literary terms
  • Personification- The author talks to the fire as if it were a real person.
  • Simile- "Mars was a place as unpredictable as time" Its comparing the characteristics of mars to time using As.
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