"You think we're insane, and we're not," said the captain.
We are insane. But we are not insane.
Then what is the boundary that determines this insanity?
People think and act based on what they know. Like an old proverb, "You are what you see", people cannot understand other cultures or knowledge because they are out of their scope. In history, when different cultures or people conflict with each other, the results were always tragic. In our class, we constantly related the stories of Native Americans to the novel. When the immigrants from Europe and those indigenous people collide, they had gone through violent battles that resulted so many casualties. In the end, one of them had to suffer terribly. Why could not they befriend each other and accept the differences?
Same thing is happening the book. The captain faced many Martians who were not welcoming them but showed no interest toward them. What he received was death caused by a psychologist who could not accept the different form of an "Earth Man". For Martians, the captain was "insane" but for the captain, the Martians were "insane". Then what and who can define the 'insanity"? At least, both humans and Martians cannot, I guess. If this kind of attitude toward each other does not change, there would be similar consequences in the end that resemble the history of Native Americans.
Nice comment. I had hoped to cover more of the book, but for whatever reason that aspect of the class ran out of gas. I hope you do get a chance to finish it, however.
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