Quote!

Quote from Martian Chronicles
"I'm from Earth! My name is Jonathan Williams, and these--"

I chose this quote from the part 'August 1999: The Earth Men' because this quote was very interesting. The man from Earth was introducing himself while the Martian just shot him.

           This part inspired me because it made me think about many matters about life. First, I thought about relationships between people. People use each other just for their convenience and do not feel any guilt about their behaviors. Martian just shoots the guy because he knows that he does not have anything to do with that Earth man. After reading this part, I kept on thinking about the difference between people. I believe that whether people can hang out with each other is determined by whether they can come over their differences or not.

Childhood Trauma: how long will it going to last?

           When he was around age of 6, he went through an experience he would never forget. He was a boy who had black hair, black eyes, and middle height. His hobby was riding a kick board, and his talent was making robots at that time.
           He liked making and building anything he thought of. He liked playing with his friends as his peers did. He especially liked to play with sand in the playgrounds building sand castles or other structures. Every day he would ride his kick board to the park and play with sad in the playground.
          One normal day, he was riding his kick board as he always had done. When he was half way there to the park, the truck came near him and went over his foot. Somehow very strangely, his foot was not broken. The driver came out in shock but the kid said he was okay. However, the boy seemed very strange at that time. He was looking at his foot, and suddenly he was crying. He looked at the kick board and his face grimaced. He just seemed too scared of the kick board.
          He came back to his home on his feet, not on his kick board. His mother knew something was wrong with his son and asked what happened. He answered what happened telling her all the situations. The mother was surprised at the fact that her son’s foot was intact. She took her son to the doctor and took pictures but she was just reassured by the pictures. The mother told her son to be careful of cars when riding kick boards.
         He did not want to ride that kick board ever again. At nights, he dreamt about the cars keep going over his feet and the kick board rolling around with no rider on it.
          He never managed to get over that trauma until he became 13. He tried riding kick board one more time and he felt uneasy at first but soon adjusted to the kick board. He now rides those kick boards and he forgot about the car that went over his foot. He now thinks he was lucky and that his foot is really hard when it comes to thinking again about the accident.

The man of Nash

Nash- outgoing, lives in Island, no lover, beautiful, age 27
           Trees are going down every day. More and more sunlight is coming down to the ground. The ground is getting harsher and harsher. People from the west come to this Tropical Island to cut down the trees which they use for energy source.
           To stop the trees from getting cut down, I am writing a novel about the nature and its importance. Since I like talking with people, I am going to talk with a lot of native people living besides me before I start my writing. I have written all the parts of the novel except the conclusion. I do not get the idea of how to close this novel. Since I am the only writer in this Island, I do not have anyone to get real advice. I need to make up my mind and give this writing to the publishing company today.
           I hope that someone could just finish the conclusion for me. When I am daydreaming about my essay getting done by someone else, a phone call comes and I hear a stranger’s voice. He asks me if he can come to my house and take a look at the novel I am writing. At the moment, I am saying yes to a stranger who I do not know. After 10 minutes or so, he knocks on the door and I am hesitating whether to open the door or not. I open the door and look at the tall man with handsome face.
          He comes in telling me “so nice to meet you, you look gorgeous.” I cannot explain the feeling I have. I never had this kind of feeling before. I introduce myself to him and he introduces himself to me. I cannot focus on the talk going on between us and I just feel dizzy and strange. He tells me that he would like to publish my book.
          I feel dumbfounded and I ask him to have a dinner with me. I do not know in what mind I am asking him this question but I do not regret. I have to get ready for the dinner and I try on many kinds of dresses. As I walk into the restaurant, he looks and me and signs me to come. Before this guy, I never had any man who would eat dinner with me. I think I am in love with this man. I wish this man become my husband. I never had any lovers until now. I only hope… this man is my man. I do not care about the novel getting published. I only want this man to be my man now.