The Harsh Martian landscape is the obstical Mark whatney needs to overcome in order to survive and make it back to Earth, due to this mars if frequently referded to like an Antaganist, as this no character to pertray the villain of the story. Mars throws so many problems in Mark face throughout his journey to escape, and shows Mark perservering dispite immense difficulty. When Mark starts attempting long distance rover travilling he goes over many triels to see the potenchial of the rovers and how to improve their flaws, “Sirius 1 was aborted after one hour. I guess you could call it a "failure," but I prefer the term "learning experience.", and when he makes the long expedighion to the Ares 4 site and finds the storm half way, instead of losing hope he traks the size and direction of the strom and manneges to navigate it. Mark outstanding Perserverence is shown constantly by the challenges displayed by the Markian landscape.