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A Nearby Martian Canal, Spender Hits Him in The Mouth. I Think The Martians Felt A Little Scared To Be Hit by A Drunk Person and They Disappeared
A Nearby Martian Canal, Spender Hits Him in The Mouth. I Think The Martians Felt A Little Scared To Be Hit by A Drunk Person and They Disappeared
R/ Weybridge
- How do the Martians react when one of them is hit? What does this suggest?
R/ When Biggs, another member of the crew, becomes very drunk and goes to throw empty bottles in
a nearby Martian canal, Spender hits him in the mouth. I think the Martians felt a little scared to be hit
by a drunk person and they disappeared
R/ a toxic gas utilized by the Martians to eliminate team of humans remotely, particularly artillery
crews, before they might hearth.
Who...
(b) did the writer's brother hit in the face? Two of the ladies’ attackers
(c) fired a gun all the attackers? The younger lady (Miss Elphinstone)
(e) keeps calling for 'George'? The older lady (Mr Elphinstone)
Chapter 6: The Heat Ray on the Chobham Road
The narrator lays out some theories about how the heat ray works: he suggests that the heat must be
created in an insulated chamber and then projected through a mirror-like object, capable of
concentrating the heat and flame, but he has no way of checking. his theory. What is clear is that the
weapon uses heat to destroy its targets, and that its power is devastating.
The narrator flees from the Martians and their heat ray until he collapses from exhaustion. When he
recovers, he wonders if everything he seems to have experienced was real. On the way home he meets
other people, but they all seem to be going about their daily business and make no mention of the
Martians. When he tries to ask the villagers for news, they laugh sarcastically finally When he got home
he told his wife everything, leaving her impressed by his story.
Despite the deaths caused by the heat ray and the news about the mysterious cylinders that continue to
fall on Earth, life continues normally in the interior of England. Henderson's telegram reaches London,
but his editors never publish it because they cannot reach him for further news, as Henderson has been
killed in the attack on the station.
Although there are moments of excitement and anxiety, in general everyone continues with their
routines. A distant hammering sounds from the well, but the power of the heat ray discourages any
onlookers from getting too close to the cylinder. During the day, an army delegation arrives in Woking
and establishes a military fence around the cylinder. That night another cylinder falls nearby