A book was the first ever object that the martian was able to describe. The book was compared to the Caxton. The martian described the Caxton as having a lot of wings and the wings serve as the pages of the book.
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One of the words in the text that are connotative is the word Male
He uses it to describe the rain. A male rain connotes a thunderstorm that is loud and occurs in an unlikely scenario such as during the summer period. He also makes use of the word Female to connote light rains and drizzles.