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Nurettin Yunus KOÇ CULTURE, ART AND TECHNOLOGY

WORLD LITERATURE SELECTION: SURVIVE AGAINST ALL ODDS
THE MARTIAN
THE MARTIAN

ANDY WEIR
ANDY WEIR

Imagine you are completely alone on Mars. No help. No food.
How do you survive?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR environment of Mars constantly tries to massive, seemingly impossible challenge,
destroy him. From unexpected explosions you shouldn’t panic about the big picture.
Andy Weir was a software engineer, and he to broken equipment, Mark faces one You just have to focus on solving the very
loves space. First, he shared The Martian life-threatening puzzle after another. He first problem in front of you.
on his blog for free. Many people read and must solve them using only his brain, a
loved it. Later, it became a very famous positive attitude, and a lot of duct tape. THE POWER OF HUMOUR
book and a great film.
Mark shows us that mental strength is just
STUCK ON MARS as important as oxygen. Even in his darkest
moments, he keeps his sense of humour.
Mark Watney is a space explorer. During a
He teaches us that if you can laugh at
terrible storm on Mars, his team leaves him
your struggles, you can find the energy to
behind. They think the storm killed him.
overcome them.
However, Mark survives. He opens his eyes
on an empty planet. Now, he must find a INSPIRING PROVERB
way to live.
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
THE WILL TO LIVE

He is in a very bad situation. He cannot
talk to Earth. His food will finish in a few
WHY SHOULD YOU READ IT?
months. But Mark is a smart scientist and
an engineer. He doesn’t give up. He uses This is not just a sci-fi story about space
his science skills to stay alive. He learns travel. It is a story about how you
how to grow potatoes in his space house. handle stress, failure, and overwhelming
He even makes water from rocket fuel! odds. In life or at school, sometimes
everything seems to go wrong at once,
and you feel completely stuck. This
book asks you a big question:

When things get incredibly difficult,
do you sit down and give up? Or do
you stand up and solve the problem?
DESPAIR VS. PROBLEM-SOLVING

Mars represents an unfair,
unforgiving universe that doesn’t
care if you succeed or fail. Mark
THE CONSTANT BATTLE represents the power of human
logic and resilience. The book
Every day brings a new disaster. The harsh teaches us that when you face a

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