The Martian Chronicles- ISU BLOG POST #6 (FINAL POST)

Social Issue

Throughout the book the social issue has been colonization and with the book coming to an end another issue has arose. For majority of the book the social issue has been colonization and now its also isolation. In the previous chapter a nuclear war has started on Earth which has the colonists of Mars going back to their home planet. It seemed as if everyone had left Mars but now we find out there is one person who is still on Mars because he was accidentally left behind. This man is named Walter Gripp and he manages to survive on his own but after he starts to feel lonely. However it turns out that there is someone else on Mars who is a woman, so a woman and a man are the last two people on Mars but it doesn't turn out to be the romantic ending you would expect. After seeing the woman the man is not at all attracted because he finds the woman to be very annoying and disgusting which leads to him going far away from her so he can never be found again. With only two humans left on Mars, the issue of isolation is loud and clear because they are living on a planet that at one point used to be populated with two different races of species.

Connection To A News Article

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-depression-cure/200907/social-isolation-modern-plague

This article is about social isolation and how it can affect a person's life in a negative way. This article also talks about the effects of social isolation like the higher risk of vulnerability to brain illness and depression. This article suggests that people should be more socially active by interacting with others so they can avoid loneliness. This connects to my book because a man on Mars was isolated and lonely until he found someone else. This has improved my understanding of isolation and being lonely because now I have learned that interacting with others and being social is very important when it comes to living a healthy life.

THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON MARS

The Martian Chronicles-ISU BLOG POST #5

Social Issue 
For majority of the book the social issue has been colonization and now another issue has arose. With the population of humans increasing on Mars there are still a lot of things happening on Earth. There is a rumor going around Mars that there might be an upcoming nuclear war on Earth and this rumor turns out to be true. As the nuclear war is happening, the people on Mars come out to see explosions that are happening on Earth and after seeing the condition of their home planet they feel sympathetic for the people on Earth. The next day, the remaining humans of Earth use radios to contact their loved ones on Mars to tell them to come back home. This nuclear war has people going back to Earth to spend time with the family they had left behind.


Connection
On Earth there have been multiple acts of nuclear violence. In the past, a lot of nuclear attacks have occurred in Japan like the atomic bombings on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. This nuclear violence resulted in hundreds of thousands of people getting killed and injured. After the bombings WW2 came to an end. This incident relates to the nuclear war in my book because in both cases nuclear violence has led to a lot of change. This text to world connection shows how nuclear wars can result in an end, an end of a world war war or the end of the colonization of another planet.

This connection has made me realize that the characters in this book have handled and found solutions to many problems. The resolution of issues in my book has shown how people can make things better just by handling their problems in the right way and this has made me understand how no problem is ever to big to handle. When there was a nuclear war on Earth, the humans that were on Mars did the only thing they could do to make things better and that was to go back to Earth and help others out on their home planet.

The Martian Chronicles- ISU BLOG POST #4

Social Issue
The social issue of colonization in this book has intensified as more and more as people continue to come to Mars. This evident by by how senior citizens have come to Mars after retirement to start a new life. Also, humans have colonized Mars so much that they have started to rename places. This shows that with the increasing human population on Mars, the control that humans have over Mars has also increased. Colonization has become a real issue in this book because humans now have so much power on Mars that Martians have little say on what happens on their home planet.


Connection
Humans practically control Mars now because they so much power. They were once colonizers but now they are "controllers of the red planet." In the history of the world, there have been many times where people who were trying to colonize somehow managed to completely takeover a land. The British have been considered to be one of the best colonizers of all-time because in past centuries, the British have colonized and settled in various continents like Europe, North America, and Asia. The British Empire had set up multiple colonies in North America by the 1800's and after this they colonized parts of Africa and Asia. At this point in history, the British had so much control over the world that they were a dominant and powerful nation. What happened in the past relates very much to my book "The Martian Chronicles". What the British did and what the humans have done on Mars connect because they both started off colonizing small parts and then eventually created a dominant empire that controls an entire planet. In both cases, a group of people who just wanted to settle and start some colonies on an unknown place ended up becoming the dominant rulers of that land.

This connection has made me realize that a lot can change overtime. In the book, whatever happens in the future will be unexpected and who knows, maybe the Martians will once again be the controllers of their home planet. This connection has made me understand the anything can happen in this book because so far everything that seemed expected did not happen.

The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas

Retell
This movie was about true and loyal friendship between the most unlikeliest of friends. In Nazi Germany the family of a Nazi commandant moves from Berlin to an unknown place that is located close to a concentration camp called Auschwitz. Bruno is a nine year old boy who seeks adventure but when his family forbids him to explore, he gets more tempted to go on adventures and explore his surroundings. Bruno goes against his parent's orders by exploring and this leads to him seeing a young boy sitting on the other side of a fence. The boy is named Shmuel and he is wearing striped pajamas and a cloth cap. The two boys start talking and Bruno questions Shmuel about his living conditions and why there are so many people on the others side of the fence that are wearing the same clothes. Bruno continues to explore the woods near his house and he often spends time at the fence with Shmuel. One day, Bruno puts on the stripped pajamas and goes on the other side of the fence to help Shmuel find his lost father. In the concentration camps the extermination of the Jewish prisoners begins, the boys find themselves in a gas chamber which ultimately leads to their death. 

Relate
The historic event that this movie was based on was the Holocaust. There have been a couple of moments in history when a person has taken their hatred to extreme levels. In the Holocaust, Hitler wanted to exterminate millions of Jews and he succeeded in doing so. This connects to other genocides that have occurred in the past like the one in Cambodia in 1975. This event was caused when Khmer Rouge took control of the Cambodian government in 1975 and began a "re-education" campaign targeting political dissidents or people who didn't agree with him. These citizens consisted of doctors, teachers and students who were suspected of receiving education, the consequence of this was that they were tortured at a prison. In the four years that Khmer Rouge was in power for, two million Cambodians died. The Holocaust and the Cambodian genocide relate because in both cases a person has abused their power to get rid of people they didn't like. 

Reflect
From this movie we learn that we can overcome all of our differences to maintain a loyal friendship. This is evident by how a German sacfriced himself to help out his Jewish friend, their friendship was so real that they ended up dying for each other. When Bruno's parents discovered that their son had died they realized that inncoent people were being killed like their son. From this movie we should take in how friendship can overcome hatred which can lead to people realizing their mistakes.

The Sniper News Article

Streets of Dublin Turn Into a Battlefield

   Last night, three dead bodies were found on a street on a street in Dublin. Two of the people shot were men while the other was an elderly woman. It is said that this was another act of Ireland trying to get independence.

   The street was filled with blood, weapons, and dead bodies which has to be the result of an epic fight.

   With the Irish pushing for independence, the Republicans probably were trying to rebel against this, that’s probably what sparked this shootout on the street.

   People who heard the gunshots last night have said “It was brutal , we were all so scared, we thought that we were also going to get shot.” Other people who are pushing for independence have expressed their feelings by saying “If fighting is the only option for independence, then it must happen!”

   Many questions are being asked about the people who died last night like who, what, why, and how all this happened. All the people who were killed were shot and it appears as if it was one person who caused all this. All the bullets that were fired came from one direction and from the same gun, it is being said that this person was a Republican.

   The streets of Dublin have turned into a battlefield and they’re no longer considered safe due to the events and deaths that occurred last night. 

THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES- blog post #3

Social Issue

After reading more of this book, another social issue has arose. The first one was colonization which was evident by humans taking over Mars and starting to develop small towns there. This new social issue is racism because many African Americans are going to Mars to escape the racism they are facing on Earth. This displeases the white people because they are no longer going to have anybody to boss around. The African Americans build their own rockets so they can now emigrate to Mars. 

Connection to a News Article

  http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/28/entertainment/la-et-stephen-colbert-accused-of-racism-over-asian-tweet-20140328

This article's main message is that many people get discriminated against based on their race and ethnic origin and that they have taken action to stop it. This connects to my book because the black people in America were getting discriminated against and facing racism which led them to take action, they did this by emigrated to Mars. In the article it is Asians that are facing racism on social media and they are taking action by having the original messages deleted. In both cases, a group of people have faced racism which has caused them to take action.

 

This picture depicts how it would look as if a rocket was actually landing on Mars.

Slam Poetry

Colonization
Why do they think they can just takeover our land?
That's not fair
But why would they care

These people just want land
They don't care about us
But they ain't going to get away with this
They ruined our space
And now they are going to get chased