The novel Stranger in a Strange Land has a combination of two totally different cultures. The language, the life, and the people are tremendously different. There were many interesting philosophies introduced by Valentine Michael Smith in the book. Valentine was the son of Captain Michael Brant and Dr. Mary Jane Lyle Smith. His mother died in labor, and her husband, Dr. Ward Smith cut the throat of his captain, and Valentine?s father, before taking his own life. Valentine Michael Smith was a Martian by man.
?This man Smith--This ?man!? Can?t you see that he is not?...Smith...is...not..a...ma...Smith is an intelligent creature with the ancestry of man, but he is more Martian than man...He thinks like a Martian.
He?s been brought up by a race which has nothing in common with us--they don?t even have sex. He?s a man by ancestry, a Martian by environment.(Heinlein,12) Michael Smith adjusted to life on Earth better than expected.
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Michael Phelps
Robert A. Heinlein, with Ginny Heinlein Robert and...At first he did not thoroughly understand things that humans took for granted, but he soon came to understand it?s fullness. Not only did Smith understand it, but he became determined to educate the human culture on the ways of Martian life in order to make it a better place to live. Smith introduced several interesting concepts to the people of Earth, but it was up to each individual to decide to either accept his beliefs or rebel against them. ?his purpose was to create oneness...?My nest is yours and your nest is mine.?(Heinlein,62) Grok is the most important word in the Martian language. In English, Mike believed that grok meant drink, yet it was much more. It meant fear, love, hate, and you cannot hate something unless you got it, or understand it so thoroughly that you merge with it and it merges with you. Mike...