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FREE ONLINE STUDY NOTES: THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES
August 20001: The Settlers
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CHARACTERS
No specific ones.
CONFLICT
Protagonist
The first settlers of Mars, post-expeditions.
Antagonist
The Loneliness, which they feel as they leave Earth.
Climax
Leaving Earth, the settlers must deal with The Loneliness as their previous
lives disappear before their eyes.
Outcome
There are few settlers in the beginning of the colonization process.
THEMES
The human cost of exploration, as even pioneers intent on braving new
worlds feel a sense of loss at what they leave behind and anxiety over
being alone in their new environs. This vignette wryly notes that the
number of settlers who head for Mars grows as the actual Earthian population
on Mars increases, providing better protection against The Loneliness.
Summary
American settlers leave Earth for Mars and are seized by loneliness
as they depart.
Notes
This is another of the prose-poem vignettes that bridges the main stories.
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