Consider the concept of legacy. How would you define a legacy, and based on your definition, who leaves a legacy behind? Are legacies only for people who make large-scale contributions to the world, or do all people leave legacies, no matter how small or personal? Explore how legacies of varying magnitudes have an impact on those who are left to understand them.

The robots of A Rover’s Story serve as a way to explore the human condition. What qualities give the living robots life? In what ways does Resilience’s mission to Mars parallel the human journey of coming of age? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

Based on Journey’s personality, how would she have done on Mars? Would she have been able to accomplish what Resilience did? Why or why not, and what elements of her personality support your argument? How might the story have been different if Journey accompanied Resilience to Mars, and what about Journey would have informed these differences?