The Martian Review

Mark Watney

Melissa Lewis

Mitch Henderson

Teddy Sanders

A solar year

A solar day on Mars

A day on earth

A solar hour

Sol 4

Sol 6

Sol 10

Sol 9

III

IV

I

VI

Hermes

Martian

Diemos

Space Z

Mars Ascent Vehicle; to take astronauts up to Hermes

Mars Ascent Vehicle; to go down to Mars

Mars Descent Vehicle; to take astronauts to Mars

Mars Descent Vehicle; to return to Earth

The oxygenator breaks, so their supply of breathable air is limited.

Their efforts to grow crops have not been successful enough.

A strong storm threatens to damage their ascent vehicle.

One of the crew members is ill.

climax

resolution

setting

plot

The climax of a story.

The elements of a short story.

A struggle or problem in the story,

The characters in a story.