The Martian Chronicles- Justice in the world

I'll start this entry out with my definition of justice. Justice- The opinion of the majority or what's thought to be the majority of what fairness is.

In the book, the captain and all his men were killed, because the martians thought that the captain was in misery and all of his men were his illusions. When the men were in search of someone to talk to, every martian thought they were crazy/in misery. So I believe yes justice was served. I'm not saying that I agree with it, but justice was served.

The majority of martians they met including a little girl thought that the captain was crazy. They all lead him to an insane asylum. Mr. Xxx brought justice to the captain by killing him, so he was the justice bringer. The captain was the justice stopper. This makes me think about what people think justice is in different societies/different minds.

For example, a murderer in his mind could think he was doing the right thing, he could be crazy and think justice isn't being served, when the majority of the people in the world disagree with him. So perhaps if martians came to our world, "justice" would be brought upon them. So really, there is no wrong or right justice. It's just what you think is justice.

So even though humans would think the martians were crazy, the martians don't. They were brought up in their world, we were brought up in ours, so you can't really blame the people brought up in the society. Like in the real world, children are brought up into racist families, so they become racist. It's not their fault. It's they way they were brought up to think.

On the other hand, people can have their own thoughts so maybe we should blame them. Perhaps Mr. Xxx should have realized that he was killing another organism for nothing. Just like kids should realize that their is no difference between two races,

The Martian Chronicles- Really hard things

Some really hard things that are happening in this book are jealousy and acceptance. Both sort of mold in to the same problem that goes on in this book; when Ylla dreams about kissing an earth man and her husband gets angry. Why is he fussing over a dream? And could he be hiding something?

In the book Ylla's husband is angry over her dream. He says that what she's dreaming is ridiculous and it's bad that she dreamed it. It's obviously not the reason. He's just jealous of that his wife is dreaming of another man (earthling.) Especially when she describes him as handsome and tall. I think the reason he's jealous and not just getting over it, is because it says in the book that they haven't been happy in a long time. I think he must be afraid of losing her to someone who makes her happy. Even if it's in her dream. Which is why he asked her out to watch a show. He realized what he was missing, and realized that it's possible he could lose her. If you think about it, it's kind of sad. He's only paying attention to her, when another man takes his place. Maybe thats another really hard thing. The reason for being there for someone.  The reason for doing something nice for someone, is more important than what you did.

Another really hard thing in the book, relates to the same problem; and that is acceptance. He probably doesn't want to, but maybe he needs to accept that he is not a good enough man (martian) for Ylla. He knows he doesn't treat her well, which is why he asked her out. He can't accept that his wife will think about another man, even once and a while, even if it's a dream! (Which we find out later in the book, it's more than a dream.) This also goes into a really hard thing that is knowing what's right. He doesn't know what's right for Ylla, which is why he called a doctor and prevented her from going outside. he just doesn't know what's right for her, which makes him look like the bad guy, when really, he's trying to help.

Freak the Mighty Annotation Entry 10/3/10

Annotation: pg.51 "Does he believe it or is he just trying to keep their friendship together?"


What I was reading about when I wrote this is when Freak is telling Max about his robotic surgery. My big question is does Freak actually believe that he will have robotic surgery? I know Max does, cause he will believe anything, but Freak? I find it hard to believe that he actually believes that and is lying to Max to keep them together, but I may be wrong.

Later in the book they say that Freak knew he didn't have much time left in his life. That gives me a vibe that he was lying. I mean, he knows that Max has gone through pain before, like the loss of his mother. So, maybe he didn't want to set that off again by telling him he's going to die. What people usually do in the real world to avoid mental pain is to not get involved, which would mean Max and Freak would not be friends anymore. Maybe, Freak knew that would happen and didn't want that. They have such a nice bond, it would be a complete waste to throw it all away, because of him dying. He needs a friend by his side. Even if that friend doesn't know the truth.

Sometimes people can make themselves believe something that isn't true. Remember something that didn't happen. Even mistake dreams for the real world. I think this might be an explanation for Freak. I think if i was in the 7th grade and knew I was going to die in a year or so, I would have a mental breakdown. And what I think is maybe Freak just couldn't take it. He couldn't take that he was going to die, so he made up this story in his head, that he truly believed happened. But there is still that thought in his head that he's going to die, so he keeps it away from people like Gwen, Grim, Gram and other people that would tell him otherwise. That's why he told Max. He knew he would believe it because he doesn't know about his life. And once Max believes it, it's almost like it's even more real to Freak. So pretty much, it's possibly true what Freak is saying. True in his mind.

I've decided that Freak is lying to Max. It makes way more sense than believing it's true. Maybe all he needs is a friend to get him through his dread of dying. That's why he lied. He didn't want Max to go. If Max left. He might not have anything to live for. He might want to die.