The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

sUMMARY

• The first half of the book explains how the Earth is about to be destroyed by the Imperial Galactic Government so there can be another express route through the star system.

Characters

• Arthur Dent- “tall,dark-haired, not at ease with self”(chapter 1, page 4)
• Ford Perfect- “not tall or handsome,wiry ginger hair, doesn’t blink, crashes university parties”(chapter 1, page 10)
• Mr. L. Professor- “forty, fat, and shabby”(chapter 1, page 6)
• Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz- "leader of vogons" (chapter 3,page 35)
• Zaphod Beeblebrox- “roughly humanoid in appearance except for the extra head and arm” (chapter 4, page 41)
• Trillian- a young, attractive, intelligent humanoid (chapter 4, page 42)
• Marvin- robot who is given a “genuine people personality” by his creators. Unfortunately, his personality is depressed. (chapter 11, page 90)

Conflict

• One external conflict the protagonist is facing is that earth is about to be destroyed. “Myself i’d trust him to the end of the Earth,” said Ford. “O yes”, said Arthur, “ and how far’s that?” “About 12 minutes away.”(chapter 1, page 19)
• No internal conflicts

NotabLe quotation

• “All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years,so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaints and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now.” - (chapter 3, page 35) I like this quote because it shows how much people procrastinate and wait till the last minute to make change for themselves or the world.

Notice and note strategies

• Tough Questions- Why cant they just go around earth? (chapter 3,page 35)
• Contrast & Contradictions- the citizens act like Zaphod has a lot of power(chapter 4,page 38)

The image i found is a picture of earth being invaded. This image works because the book describes earth being surrounded by the aliens to let the humans know earth is about to be destroyed.

PRedictions

• What i think will happen is that Arthur and Ford will go on an adventure around the galaxy. I think they will explore different planets and different species. I think Arthur will discover more about Ford. I think they will run into some issues along the way. I also think