How we cite our quotes: (Volume.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
The desolating cry worked upon my mind. The mood that had sustained me passed. The wailing took possession of me. I found I was intensely weary, footsore, and now again hungry and thirsty. (2.8.9)
For us, the ending of the book is confusing and oddly moving. We don't celebrate (that much) when the Martians have died out because a) dying of a cold is so funny it's almost sad, and b) the Martians have turned out to be just like us. Here the narrator even finds himself moved by the Martians' wailing. Even if we have all this difference between us, the ending seems to say that there's something that connects us all.