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An Earth man "buy"s a [[Mars|Martian]] young woman (''Lellie'') from her family to accompany him on his five-year job on a small uninhabited moon of [[Jupiter]]. Anti-slavery laws obliged him to marry her to get her a passport. Martian people are a [[race]] of human with a extincted civilization. They are illiterate, have big eyes and speak a little, so they look surprised and dumb. | An Earth man "buy"s a [[Mars|Martian]] young woman (''Lellie'') from her family to accompany him on his five-year job on a small uninhabited moon of [[Jupiter]]. Anti-slavery laws obliged him to marry her to get her a passport. Martian people are a [[race]] of human with a extincted civilization. They are illiterate, have big eyes and speak a little, so they look surprised and dumb. | ||
The man (''Duncan'') behaves rudely and [[violence|violently]] to ''Lellie'' and asks her to paint her face and do her hair to look like earth women and | The man (''Duncan'') behaves rudely and [[violence|violently]] to ''Lellie'' and asks her to paint her face and do her hair to look like earth women and says "look like ''a real woman''." | ||
Once a pedologist goes to the planet for a one-year mission. He treats ''Lellie'' well and teaches her how to read. This makes ''Duncan'' angry, especially when she asked them about the ''Women's Freedom Movement'' that they had on Earth, while reading a book. ''Duncan'' hates the new man and finally executes a plan to kill him. | Once a pedologist goes to the planet for a one-year mission. He treats ''Lellie'' well and teaches her how to read. This makes ''Duncan'' angry, especially when she asked them about the ''Women's Freedom Movement'' that they had on Earth, while reading a book. ''Duncan'' hates the new man and finally executes a plan to kill him. | ||
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Dumb Martian (1952)[1]. is a short story by John Wyndham. It is noteworthy for the relationship between male and female characters.
An Earth man "buy"s a Martian young woman (Lellie) from her family to accompany him on his five-year job on a small uninhabited moon of Jupiter. Anti-slavery laws obliged him to marry her to get her a passport. Martian people are a race of human with a extincted civilization. They are illiterate, have big eyes and speak a little, so they look surprised and dumb.
The man (Duncan) behaves rudely and violently to Lellie and asks her to paint her face and do her hair to look like earth women and says "look like a real woman."
Once a pedologist goes to the planet for a one-year mission. He treats Lellie well and teaches her how to read. This makes Duncan angry, especially when she asked them about the Women's Freedom Movement that they had on Earth, while reading a book. Duncan hates the new man and finally executes a plan to kill him.
At the end of the five-year mission, the martian woman takes revenge, kills Duncan and shows that she is clever and the man is dumb.