A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND CHARACTERIZATION

By: Grant, Katrina and Madison Period 1

VALENTINE MICHAEL SMITHBy: Grant Hall

He Looks Like...“‘Smith is an intelligent

creature with the ancestry of man, but he is more martian

than man’” (Heinlein 7).

“‘What about his face?’ Jill looked puzzled. ‘Ben, have you ever seen an angel?’ ... ‘Well neither have I–but that is how he looked. He had old, wise eyes in a

completely placid face. A face of unearthly innocence’”(Heinlein 23).

He Lived...

“‘Correction to despatch 23-105: One survivor of Envoy

located’” (Heinlein 5).

On Mars

But Now Is...

On Earth

“He sent his ship’s surgeon to make sure that Valentine Michael

Smith was installed in a suite in the Bethesda

Medical Center...” (Heinlein 6).

He Does...

“The patient floated in the flexible skin of the hydraulic bed” (Heinlein 9).

“The young man Smith was busy staying alive” (Heinlein 8).

“‘Think, Jill. By our laws, Smith is a sovereign nation–and sole owner of the planet. Mars’” (Heinlein 27).

He Thinks...“None of his thinkings were Earth symbols” (Heinlein 9)

“The word ‘brother’ he considered first–the woman was reminding him that they had been joined by water” (Heinlein 17).

“‘I do not know’...‘How does a woman look? What makes you a woman?’”(Heinlein page 16)

He Says...

Others think of him...“Aside from his odd lack of expression she saw nothing strange about him...” (Heinlein 15). Jill...

BEN CAXTONBy: Katrina Moore

He looks like...

So far, we don’t know what Ben looks like.

Where he Lives

He lives on Earth.

What He Does “‘Both of us Jill, I’m a newspaperman,’”(Heinlein page 18)

He is a news reporter.

We don’t really know what he thinks. But if we did, it would probably be about Jill or getting his next story.

Hmm.. Jill... Man from Mars

“Jill, will you marry me?”

What He SaysHe says that he will marry Jill in exchange for the Man from Mars story.

“‘Huh? Look baby girl, be reasonable. This is the greatest human interest story...’”(Heinlein page 21).

“‘...We’re dickering over price...’”( Heinlein page 21).

“‘Jill, will you marry me? That’s as high as I can go’”(Heinlein page 22)

What Do Others Think of Him?

Jill thinks she cares about him. But at the same time, she has her doubts about his intentions.

“‘Ben,’ she said softly, ‘I won’t hold you to it.’ she kissed him.” (Heinlein page 22)

GILLIAN BOARDMANBy: Madison Meade

What Jill looks like:

“I look like woman, don’t I?” (Heinlein, 16).

Where Jill lives:

Jill lives on Earth, there are no specifics to where exactly.

What Jill does:

“Gillian Boardman was a competent nurse” (Heinlein,

What Jill thinks:

“The face of the Man from Mars stayed in her mind...” (Heinlein, 17).

She thought about Michael:

What Jill says:

“You might ask me again, real prettily, under other circumstances. I’m curious to see what I might do” (Heinlein, 17).

“I look like woman, don’t I?” (Heinlein, 16).

What others think of Jill:

“Her hobby was men” (Heinlein, 13).