“August 2002- Night Meeting”- Central Idea
In the touching "Night Meeting," a human and a Martian meet on a deserted road only to discover that each is a shadowy image, perhaps a ghost of one other. The story revolves around the concept of time and the idea of communication between a human and a Martian.
Tomás is a human who migrates to Mars from the planet earth. Stopping for gas on his way to a party, he meets another human, a gas station owner, who praises the unpredictable life on Mars and the peculiarity of time on it. As Tomás wonders about time and its existence, he comes across a Martian, who calls himself Muhe Ca. As the two individuals try to communicate, there is difficulty, since both are attempting to speak out loud. Through gestures, they introduce each other and finally learn to communicate telepathically and understand each other.
Having overcome, the communication crisis between the two, they realize that, they simply pass through one another, as if neither has......
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