Read the next 5 Chapters: “And the Moon Be Still as Bright,”
“The Settlers,” “The Green Morning,” “The Locusts,” and “Night Meeting”
GROUP B/F should answer TWO of the following:
Q1: What does Spender mean when, in the story, “And the Moon…”
he claims, “I believe in the things that were done, and there are evidences of
many things done on Mars…Everywhere I look I see things that were used. They were touched and handled for
centuries.” Also, why does this prompt him to kill his companions? What don’t
they see about the landscape that he does?
Q2: In a passage (in the same story), Spender seems to
critique his own society back home by stating, “[Art] is always a thing apart
for Americans. Art was something you kept in the crazy son’s room upstairs. Art
was something you took in Sunday doses, mixed with religion, perhaps. Well,
these Martians have art and religion and everything.” How is he criticizing
America’s relationship with art? What are they doing “wrong” in his view? Do we
have the same problem today, do you think?
Q3: In the story “Night Meeting,” an old man tells the main
character, Thomas, that “We’ve got to forget Earth and how things were. We’ve
got to look at what we’ve in here, and how different
it is.” Why might it be potentially dangerous to import Earth and its
customs to Mars? What could this prevent us from seeing or doing?
Q4: According to the story “The Green Morning,” why are
trees a fundamental part of our experience of Earth? Why couldn’t we exist
without trees on another planet? What have trees provided for us besides oxygen
throughout our history on this planet?
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