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Mark Whatney Analysis

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Near the finally of the movie Matt Damon’s character Mark Whatney begins to tell the audience of how under several treaties and laws that he is techniclly a space pirate because no country can claim that land that isn’t on Earth. Which he then goes on to state Mars is under maritime law, however as long as Mark is inside of the hab he’s under NASA jurisdiction meaning certain laws apply, but once he’s outside of the lab he’s in international waters. And at the same time no one explicitly gives him the permission to board the Ares IV and take it, which means he’s technicly commendeering the spaceship.
At the end of the film we’re given clips of where the Ares III crew are now but before that the film focuses on Whatney at an astronaut recruitment school. For most of the interaction with his students he explains to them that in order to truly be ready to go into space they need to know that they …show more content…

The reason why I say that is because when we’re first introduced he’s very quippy with his friend, Rick Martinez, while collecting soil samples for the hab. If anything maybe his humor became more pronounce because without the ability to laugh at your problem you might be able to elevate your stress or even conquer it.
Ridley’s Cinametography in The Martian as optimistic and majestic Because through out several scenes Ridley uses Marks video journals as an insightful and humorous way Whatney passes time on Mars while trying to stay alive. Secondly he uses Mars’ unique landscape to show the majesty of the red giant, while cementing in Marks solitude.
Scene one is Mark’s monologue to the Hab lab cameras while figuring out how he’s going to create water for the potatoes.
The second scene is is when Mark is walking along the hills of Mars think to himslef of the lonely beauty of Mars and it’s

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