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post-revolutionary-exhaustion
The physical and emotional fatigue experienced by those who have fought a prolonged struggle for freedom.
1 chapter across 1 book
Blue Mars (1997)Kim Stanley Robinson
Chapter 6
The chapter depicts a moment of reflection and exhaustion among the Martian revolutionaries who have recently succeeded in expelling Earth's control from Mars. Ann Clayborne, a symbolic leader, reminds them of the ongoing struggle to define a unique Martian identity and warns against replacing one hierarchy with another. The chapter closes with a mix of hope and uncertainty about the future, highlighted by a debate over the fate of Hiroko, the originator of the areophany movement.