The War of the Worlds Group

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lilsoftballchic
lilsoftballchic
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High School - 10th Grade

What keeps occuring nightly on Mars?

What keeps occurring nightly on mars? For how long? What do the local papers think it is? What is really happening on mars any answers would be greatly appreciated!

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Posted by lilsoftballchic on Thursday May 10, 2007 at 7:51 AM and tagged with the war of the worlds, war of the worlds.

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  1. janeyb

    eNotes Editor

    The narrator of The War of the Worlds is never identified by name. He refers to a “great light” seen on the planet Mars in 1894, explaining that this was six years before the time when he is writing. Earth’s astronomers were perplexed about what to make of it, he says, but later realized that it was the invading forces, being shot toward Earth as if out of a gun. People think that the first Martian ship is a falling star, then a meteor.

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    Posted by janeyb on Thursday May 10, 2007 at 8:42 AM