Of Mice And Men

In the novel Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, mankind is not a monster. Even though the common human disease, chicken pox, wiped out the entire Martian population and civilizations, mankind did not intentionally kill them. Leading up to the fourth expedition, the Martians killed the human explorers, and the humans never retaliated, or killed a single extraterrestrial. Mankind also gave money to the poor and needy so that they could begin a new life on Mars. Last of all, Captain Wilder of the fourth expedition could not bring himself to kill Hathaway's fake family after his return from Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune.

There was once an expedition which came to Mars from Earth, February of 1999. That mission failed. There were other expeditions too--each arriving with hope of returning to Earth carrying news of the illustrious red planet, Mars. There was a two, even three, mysterious conquests to space in which not one single human being knew why the rocket had not landed on Earth's surface. Nathanial York, a light-skinned, blue-eyed human with black hair and his assistant were destined to land on Mars in the Martian, Ylla's dreams. However, in the Green Valley, during February 1999, the humans met their fate. They didn't even have time to explore the planet or meet the inhabitants of the area. The two men did not do one single thing to damage or injure the aliens in any possible way. They did not deserve the "welcome to Mars" they received. Instead of being acknowledged by the Martians, Ylla's husband, Yll pulled out a gun on them. The second expedition headed by Captain Jonathan Williams sought after any news on the first expedition without the least bit of luck. The crew of expedition two was thrown about from Martian to Martian, not wanting to be dealt with. Eventually, the unsuspecting humans were given a key and banished by Mr. Iii to the insane asylum because Mr. Iii along with the other Martians the humans encountered, believed that they were hallucinations. Once again, all that the men were trying to do was state were they originated from, and if someone was as kind to lend them hospitality. Eventually the psychologist Mr. Xxx shot Captain Williams, but the hallucinations still persisted in which was the crew, so Mr. Xxx went mad and laid to rest the crew members and himself. The Martians shouldn't have taken the whole situation to the extreme. The members of the second expedition were innocent, and did nothing harmful to the Martians, and didn't deserve that kind of treatment. Captain John Black and the rest of the third expedition didn't know what they were getting themselves into when they landed on Mars in April 2002. They saw a town with familiar houses and familiar faces--relatives they hadn't seen in years, but missed dearly. The crew couldn't hold themselves back from rejoicing with their families instead of working. The third expedition had no idea that the familiar faces of their loved ones were actually Martians transformed. Once again, along with the past two expeditions, the crew members were completely innocent. The result of the expedition was identical to the others--ending in death while sleeping peacefully, unsuspecting. Mankind was no monster, nor did the human race act as a monster during the three expeditions' abrupt stay at the red planet.

Mankind is no monster, which was heavily confirmed during the evacuation of people from the south (USA) to Mars. Samuel Teece, a relentless hardware proprietor, did not want any one of his workers going to Mars, and despised the idea to a great extent. When Belter, one of Mr. Teece's workers, was in the state of departing Earth, Teece pulled him aside and demanded the money that Belter owed him. Belter was in a hurry and his countenance revealed stressed anxiety and drained pallor of the face. Some kind-hearted people helped Belter obtain the sum of money required by Mr. Teece, and