https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of About the book en-us 2019-04-29 17:27:46 UTC 2025-12-24 00:49:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f600.png ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355129595 Mark is stuck on mars 
He professionalizes in computer software engineer.

]]> 2019-04-29 17:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355129595 ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355134534 Author for the book the martian ]]> 2019-04-29 17:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355134534 ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355137498 The main themes of this book include survival and sci-fi. ]]> 2019-04-29 17:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355137498 ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355140549 The setting of this story takes place in 2030 at NASA and mars ]]> 2019-04-29 17:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355140549 ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355141644 2019-04-29 17:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355141644 ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355143468 The definition of Martian is a living organism that lives on the planet mars]]> 2019-04-29 18:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355143468 ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355498016 1.)“I don't even know who'll read this. I guess someone will find it eventually. Maybe a hundred years from now.”
( Mark doesn't think anyone will even realize that he survived or rescued him.  This creates isolation that's both figurative and literal: he's afraid of not only being abandoned but forgotten)]]> 2019-04-30 15:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355498016 ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355499896 “Mars is a barren wasteland and I am completely alone here. I already knew that, of course. But there's a difference between knowing it and really experiencing it.”
(Whenever Mark goes outside, he gets a brutal reminder of how alone he truly is. ) ]]> 2019-04-30 15:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355499896 ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355500903  “I wonder if they'll ever find out what really happened. I've been so busy staying alive I never thought of what this must be like for my parents.”
(The worst part about the whole situation is that no one even knows that Mark is alive.  He sees no way out and loses hope immediately. )]]> 2019-04-30 15:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/355500903 ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/357291383 “People have speculated on how to make crop soil out of Martian dirt for decades. I'll just be putting it to the test for the first time.” (Learning how to farm was an important step in the civilization of mars.  Now Mark is trying to make the leap all by himself. If he can do it, he'll be one step closer to taming the Martian wasteland.)]]> 2019-05-06 17:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/357291383 ethanawheeler https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/357291388 “I don't have a plan for surviving four years on one year of food. For now, I'm well fed and have a purpose: Fix the damn radio.” (Sometimes people just need to take things one thing at a time. If Mark were to spend too much time worrying about how to get out of this mess, he'd lose focus on short-term survival.)]]> 2019-05-06 17:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanawheeler/cc7yckiff4of/wish/357291388