1. A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
CHARACTERIZATION
By: Grant, Katrina and Madison Period 1

2. VALENTINE MICHAEL SMITH
By: Grant Hall

3. 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).

4. He Lived...
On Mars
“‘Correction
to despatch
23-105: One
survivor of
Envoy
located’”
(Heinlein 5).

5. 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).

6. He Does...
“The young man Smith was busy staying alive” (Heinlein 8).
“The patient floated in the flexible skin of the hydraulic bed” (Heinlein 9).
“‘Think, Jill. By our laws, Smith is a sovereign nation–and sole owner of the
planet. Mars’” (Heinlein 27).

7. 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).

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

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

10. BEN CAXTON
By: Katrina Moore

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

12. Where he Lives
He lives on Earth.

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

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

15. What He Says
He says that he will marry Jill in
exchange for the Man from Mars
story. “Jill, will you marry
me?”
“‘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)

16. 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)

17. GILLIAN BOARDMAN
By: Madison Meade

18. What Jill looks like:
“I look like woman, don’t I?” (Heinlein, 16).

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

20. What Jill does:
“Gillian
Boardman was
a competent
nurse”
(Heinlein,

21. What Jill thinks:
She thought about Michael:
“The face of the Man from Mars stayed in her
mind...” (Heinlein, 17).

22. What Jill says:
“I look like woman, don’t I?” (Heinlein, 16).
“You might ask me again, real prettily, under other
circumstances. I’m curious to see what I might do” (Heinlein,
17).

23. What others think of Jill:
“Her hobby was men” (Heinlein, 13).