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Characters in "The Martian"  Character Analysis  Mr. "Lafe"
LaFarge and Mrs. Anna LaFarge  The LaFarges must have the best
pension plan ever, since they've retired to Mars at 55 and 60
years old (14). (Fun fact: you probably assumed that Lafe is 60
and Anna 55, but it's actually the other way around.) On the
other hand, they did lose their 14-year-old son to pneumonia
(76), so they probably could use a break. And that's why, Anna
says, they've come to Mars: "to enjoy our old age in peace, not
to think of Tom. He's been dead so long now, we should try to
forget him and everything on Earth" (11).  Like all married
couples, they have slightly different reactions to things—like
the sudden reappearance of their dead son. Lafe is excited,
while Anna is worried by Tom: "Lock the door and come to bed,"
she says. "I won't have anything to do with it."  But Lafe—like
all of Bradbury's protagonists—i