The Moon Maid · Character

Norton

A young officer aboard the Barsoom, Norton crawls through flooded compartments and faces death with a calm that shames the saboteur who doomed them.

supporting

Also known as young Norton, Mr. Norton, Moon Norton

First appearance: part ii the moon men

As a supporting figure in The Moon Maid, Norton is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The narrator, who assists in the interplanetary communication project and records the admiral's story.

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Norton serves under the commander on the first voyage to the Moon, the man sent into the ship's guts to find why they are falling. He discovers the opened intake valve and reports it without panic, then learns the radio is destroyed and greets the news with a smile and a single regret for the world's ignorance. His selflessness under sentence of death gives the doomed mission its moral weight and makes the coming crash on the Moon feel like a loss worth mourning.

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Earth Officials & Leaders
Lunar Founders & Antagonists
Recurring Protagonist & Oppressors
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Aftermath
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West
professional · ambivalent
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Prologue
The narrator, who assists in the interplanetary communication project and records the admiral's story.
The Flight of 'The Barsoom'
Young crew member under Orthis's influence; noted by Julian as a fine boy.
The Heart of the Moon
On watch, discovers the ship's fall, investigates the sabotaged Lunar Eighth Ray tank, and theorizes about the ship's circular descent.
III: Human Quadrupeds
Crew member; first to leap from the ship and land in the river due to low gravity; collects water sample.
Back to "The Barsoom"
Saves Julian by striking aside West's revolver and reveals he repaired the engine using information from Orthis.

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