Part one of term paper
Now Thomas laughed. "You're blind!" (p. 84) By accusing the Martian of being blind the human achieves three things. First, he is trying to redeem his pride by making the Martian feel silly. Second, he is trying to distract himself from the real issue by making fun and laughing, because he cannot deal with his feeling of loneliness and i ...

Part two of term paper
... characterization to show the reader that a human will try to ignore their feelings of isolation and insignificance which can be caused by science advancing so quickly that the human can't comprehend the extent of their new discoveries. It is inevitable that humans will eventually feel insignificant compared to far more intellectual and superior beings and isolated in contrast to such an immense universe. Humans must eventually accept their true worth in this universe, however unpleasant it may be ...