Paragraph 8 of our story, "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," is significant to the story. In a complete sentence, explain why this paragraph is so important. Paragraph 8 -
"The wind blew as if to flake away their identities. At any moment the Martian air might draw his soul from him, as marrow comes from a white bone. He felt submerged in a chemical that could dissolve his intellect and burn away his past."

Paragraph 8 is significant because...