ENG237H1 Chapter Notes -Parthenogenesis
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Emphasizes some of the best qualities of pulp science fiction. A martian odyssey inspired by classical epic e. g. the odyssey. Represents cooperation with the other tweel and his race are worthy of our friendship . Light-hearted, but a depth at its core. Represents a fear, repulsion, or distrust of the other. Typical adventure story first humans to set foot on mars. Twenty years after the mad american doheny perfected the atomic blastand only a decade after the equally mad cardoza rode on it to the moon . The landscape of mars as a character of the story. Completely false today, but would have felt true at the time. Perhaps more intelligent than humans able to grasp parts of their language. Completely different life form (silicon, as opposed to carbon) Uses longings and desires to tray prey. Either less intelligent than tweel and jarvis, or their logic/thinking is of a different order than tweel"s and jarvis"s.
