*for hours 2 and 3, you need to be through Ch. 6 The Third Expedition, not just Ch. 5 The Taxpayer as I originally stated

Chapter 5: The Taxpayer

Why do you think Bradbury makes the taxpayer (Pritchard) seem so wildly insistent about going to Mars?  What aspects of our culture and human nature, both positive and negative, is Bradbury likely trying to illustrate with this interaction?

Chapter 6: The Third Expedition

What do the towns and other things that the Martians have built, or projected, imply about the Earthlings' reasons for traveling to Mars?

What is some of the irony in how Bradbury implies Martians would feel about Earthlings traveling to Mars?

Why does this chapter end the way it does?  Why do the Martians continue the Earth-like facade after the deed is done?