Question

part a: in \dark they were, and golden - eyed,\ what does the constant wind on mars most likely represent?

• the power of the environment to completely change the earth people
• the sadness that mr. bittering feels when he cannot return to earth
• the very hot weather on mars that disturbs the earth people
• the destruction of the earth people’s settlement on mars

question 6
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part b: which quotation from \dark they were, and golden - eyed\ best supports the answer to part a (the question directly before this)? it can be important on these types of questions to think more symbolically.

• the wind blew as if to take away their identities. at any moment the martian air might draw his soul from him, as marrow comes from a white bone.
• \turn the house. the wind’s done something to it. the air’s burned it. the fog at night.\
• the nights were full of wind that blew down the empty moonlit sea meadows past the little white chess cities lying for their billion - thirtieth year in the shallows.
• the captain looked at the town, the dusty windows, the blue mountains rising beyond, the canals moving in the light, and he heard the soft wind in the air. he disliked.

Explanation:

Part A

In "Dark They Were, and Golden - Eyed", the constant wind on Mars is a symbolic element. The wind is associated with the Martian environment's ability to transform the Earth - born people. The option about Mr. Bittering's sadness is too personal and not the main symbolic meaning of the wind. The option about hot weather is a literal interpretation, while the wind is symbolic. The option about destruction of the settlement is not the main representation of the wind. The wind represents the power of the environment to change the Earth people.

We need to find a quotation that supports the idea that the wind represents the environment's power to change people. The first quotation says the wind blows as if to take away their identities and the Martian air might draw his soul from him, which shows the wind's power to change people's identities (a part of their being), supporting the idea of the environment (represented by the wind) changing the Earth people. The other quotations talk about the wind affecting the house, the nights with wind and moon, or the captain's observation, which do not support the symbolic idea of the wind changing people.

Answer:

the power of the environment to completely change the Earth people

Part B