Moving Mars | Characters & Character Analysis

Moving Mars Characters

Moving Mars has two characters of major importance to the novel's plot and themes, although one is dominant as narrator. She is Casseia Majumdar, first cast in a role of student protester at a Mars university in the year 2171.

Casseia's family is conservative; her third uncle founded Majumdar Binding Multiple, one of the extended-family syndicates that direct the resources of Mars in this era. In spite of family disdain for political activism — the Binding Multiples rule in disorganized fashion — Casseia clings to a study of Martian state theory and "govmanagement." Themes of maturation and identity emerge through the character of Casseia, whose personal story parallels the political coming-of-age of Mars.

Casseia soon casts off her student opposition to the 2171 "Statists," proponents of Martian unification. After participating in a diplomatic mission to Earth, she begins to rise in government until she is Vice-President,...
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