Red Planet | Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. More than once, Doc MacRae compares Mars to the "Old West" in America. Why? Are the comparisons valid? What do they add to the story?
2. Compare the colonization effort on Mars with other colonization efforts in history. How does the colonists' treatment of the Martians differ from other colonists' treatment of native populations?
3. One character points out that it took white civilization a long time to understand Native American civilization. Focus on one Native American tribe and its struggles with the U.S. government, and compare this situation to the lack of...
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