AP Outside Reading -Martian Chronicles

AP Outside Reading -Martian Chronicles

AP Outside Reading Assignment
The Martian Chronicles By: Ray Bradbury
Dan Smith October 22,1997
I. Setting
A. Locations
1. Ohio, small town next to rocket launch sites
2. Mars, a large desert area with canals that harbors "dead cities"
3. Mars, town which has home of Yll and Ylla
4. Mars, landing site next to one of the canals
5. Martian insane asylum
6. Dreamlike little town which is the memories of the crew projected onto the landscape of Mars
7. Luggage shop
8. City surrounded by a rural are with just one house standing
B. Time
1. Each chronicle takes place during a different month and year arranged in chronological order from January 1999 to October 2026
C. Tones
1. Sarcastic
2. Grim
3. Sensual
4. Humor
5. Joy
6. Irony
7. Very emotional

II. Major Character Identification
A. No one major character
1. No one character stays on stage throughout the entire book
2. There are many significant characters for the chronicle in which they are in
B. Ella
1. Warm, friendly, outgoing all shown by her telepathy
2. First Martian introduced
3. Feels lack of love from her husband
4. Her dreams of Captain York cause Yll, her husband to become jealous, and use some ruinous weapon to destroy the rocket.
C. Captain Black
1. Old, experienced, with many years of wisdom to recall back upon
2. Has the ability to rethink problems over and over until he finds the answer
D. Edward Black (unreal)
1. Martian responsible for keeping Captain Black deceived about the "dream town"
2. Talented mind reader who had to be very smart: had to read the mind of the captain quickly in order to provide information so he would not get suspicious
E. Tomas Gomez
1. Curious, when meeting the strange Martian he is very inquisitive
2. Open-minded to the different opinions, different vehicle, and appearance of the Martian
3. Makes no judgement of the Martian, after the meeting he just continues on his way
F. Mr. Teece
1. Always needs to feel superior to someone...