Quotation: “It was dark when I opened my eyes again. Strange, stiff garments were upon my body; garments that cracked and powdered away from me as I rose to a sitting posture. I felt myself . . . A new heaven and a new landscape met my gaze. The silvered mountains in the distance, the almost stationary moon hanging in the sky, the catcti-studded valley that looked below me were not of Mars. . . I was looking upon Arizona from the same ledge from which ten years before I had gazed with longing upon Mars.” (Burrough 88-89)
Comment: This whole text had been interesting, to say the least, but the abrupt ending of being back on earth was jarring. This whole comparison of Arizona and the author’s depiction of Mars was intriguing.
Question: Was the end alluding that the main character went to Mars? Or was this up to interpretation?