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Explain Why The Martians Do Not Come To Earth And Set Everything On Fire

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1.) At the beginning of the story, I knew it was going to be something about aliens because it said "Martians emerging from the cylinder." 2.) The genre of this selection is science fiction, because it is not realistic. Aliens can not come to Earth and set everything on fire. 3.) The exposition is a man that is watching the Martians just as they land on Earth. He is waiting to see what they are going to do. The rising action is when everyone started moving closer to the pit that the Martians were in, so they could get a better look. The climax is when everything was set on fire from the flame that came from the Martians. The falling action is when the author was running away because a great fear had came about him. The denouement is when he …show more content…

5.) The first most important trait of the main character was his curiosity towards the Martians. He wanted to keep getting closer and closer, until he could see them. The second most important trait was fear. Even though he was curious, he was still very nervous to see them. 6.) The setting of the story is near a pit that is near several different cities. The Martians had landed their aircraft into a pit, and there are people from all of the surrounding cities there. Everyone wanted to see them, but they were also scared. The setting also changed attention to the cities because the Martians had set them all on fire, except for the author. He then ran away in fear. 7.) The author has chosen to emphasize how humans would react if Martians ever landed on the Earth. As the people were standing far away, that is how some people would react. But then they started moving closer and closer, just like some may do in real life. I would stand as far back as possible, but Many people would get as close to the Martians as they could. 8.) This story was wrote using first person point of view, because the author said "I ran away," which shows he was talking about

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