The story The Star didnt really interest me much. I read it the first time and I didnt have any notes written down or any questions in mind. So then I went back and read the whole thing for a second time. Still, pretty much the same thing happened. But here is a few questions I thought of...
1.Where is this planet that all of the treasures were?
2.Did the author say that it WAS Pluto or just the Pluto of another solar system?
3.When the people of this other world figured out that their world was going to be destroyed, it said they took all of their treasures and valuables to another planet and put them in a safe place so that future people would know about them, what i dont understand is, why didnt they just stay on this other planet? Unless I got things mixed up...?
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
The First Few Chapters
I am reading the book Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein. So far, the book is pretty good. It is about two human boys named Jim and Frank. They both live on Mars with their families. Humans havnt completely adapted to Mars, but they are coming close. Both Martians and humans live together on Mars. All of the humans must wear suits and masks when they are outdoors because the air on Mars is so thin that no human could breathe it and it is so cold that they would die. A Mars year is twenty-four months long. Twice as much as an Earth year.
Jim has a friend/pet named Willis. Willis is a rare martian of some sort. He is like a living recorder. Everything anyone says, he remembers and repeats when asked to do so. Sometimes, if something reminds him about a certain subject, he will just ramble, repeating everything he remembers.
Jim and Frank are going off to school. They will not return home until migration. As they are on their way to school, the bus takes a rest stop because the ice is getting to thin for the bus to ride on. Jim, Frank and Willis decide to go exploring rather than relax. A waiter tells them that they are forbidden to go Cynia because no one has explored their yet. They dont know what it will hold. Of course, the boys dont listen and they go anyway. As they are making their long journey to the city, a twelve foot martian grabs up Willis. Jim starts freaking out and tells Frank to talk to the Martian and try to get him to let Willis go.
This is all I have gotten to so far. The book seems to be really interesting and I think that I am going to like it.
Jim has a friend/pet named Willis. Willis is a rare martian of some sort. He is like a living recorder. Everything anyone says, he remembers and repeats when asked to do so. Sometimes, if something reminds him about a certain subject, he will just ramble, repeating everything he remembers.
Jim and Frank are going off to school. They will not return home until migration. As they are on their way to school, the bus takes a rest stop because the ice is getting to thin for the bus to ride on. Jim, Frank and Willis decide to go exploring rather than relax. A waiter tells them that they are forbidden to go Cynia because no one has explored their yet. They dont know what it will hold. Of course, the boys dont listen and they go anyway. As they are making their long journey to the city, a twelve foot martian grabs up Willis. Jim starts freaking out and tells Frank to talk to the Martian and try to get him to let Willis go.
This is all I have gotten to so far. The book seems to be really interesting and I think that I am going to like it.
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