Book review of hitch hiker’s guide to the galaxy Arthur Dent is a middle aged English man, who lives in a normal house in the West Country One morning, Mr. L. Prosser comes to Arthur's house telling him that it is going to be demolished as it’s in the way of a bypass. Arthur is unhappy about this, but the impatient Mr. Prosser tells him that if he had a problem with it, there was time to protest and that the plans were "easily accessible" in a dark, locked cellar Ford Prefect, Arthur’s friend who happens to be an alien from Betelguese, comes to his house and tells Arthur they have to go to the pub. Arthur agrees and Ford tells Prosser not to knock down the house while they are at the pub. Ford tells Arthur that the end of the world is only …show more content…
Ford continues to tell everyone that the end of the world is approaching fast, suddenly several large yellow ships are seen floating through space, heading straight towards earth. Ford informs Arthur that he will need a towel, a necessary item for someone traveling through space. As the ships get closer to Earth, they tell everyone that the earth will have to be destroyed in order to make space for a hyperspacial express route, and they are really sorry. As the earth is destroyed, the two friends get on one of the yellow ships driven by the Vogons Zaphod Beeblebrox, a stupid president of the galaxy, takes the Heart of Gold spaceship. This ship contains an improbability drive, On the Vogon ship, Arthur first hears only an alien language. , he is given a small fish and told to put it in his ear suddenly he can understand all that is being said by the Vogons. When the friends are caught, they are made to listen to terrible Vogon poetry. Then they are moved by force from the space ship s they are about to die, the Heart of Gold starship picks them up and invites them …show more content…
Marvin takes the friends to see the President of the Universe, Zaphod, who tells them that the improbability drive saved them The two soon find out that the ship is very friendly: with a talkative computer and the doors that are overly polite when they are used. Arthur discovers that he knows Trillian, she was at a party with him, and before he could get her to sleep with him, a strange man (Zaphod) picks her up and convinces her to sleep with him instead. As the ship zooms through space, she can’t sleep because she is nervous Zaphod can’t sleep either because he has a nagging feeling in his brain. Ford can’t sleep because of sheer excitement. Luckily for Arthur, he, was able to sleep because he was so exhausted . Trillian, Zaphod, and Ford discover that they are in the Horsehead Nebula, an enormous dark cloud, and are shocked when they see a planet there. A planet which is said to be the richest planet ever it is Magrathea, the wealthiest planet in the universe, it is Magrathea When they get to the planet, they are hear a voice, they discover it is a five-million-year-old
In my eyes I loved the book I rate it a 9/10, its had a good twist and turn to it. I loved this
The main character says, “Look under the seat for my flashlight, boy” (Pancake 87). The narrator then notes, “He bends forward, grabbing under the seat, and his head is turned for me. But I am way too tired now, and I don’t want to clean the seat” (Pancake 87). From the context you can observe that he starts his process in killing the hitchhiker but decides against it. As he has gotten to know the hitchhiker throughout the ride he sees that he no longer wants to kill him. Then, the main character comments, “He hops to the ground, and I watch him walking backward, thumbing” (Pancake 87-88). You can conclude that he finally comes to the realization that these hitchhikers deserve to live despite his recent losses. In sum, this is the major turning point in the story because this is when he finally overcomes his obsession of murdering the
The next day, they met a girl named Tristana. She told us about her journey on this planet. She came to this planet with her friend Joe in order to become rich by selling
A hero is considered to be any man noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose;
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
Imagine being stuck in a mental hospital for twenty years where everyone thinks you are deaf and mute. This is what happened to Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. Chief Bromden, or Chief, has lived in a mental hospital for over twenty years. He was admitted to the hospital after serving in the Second World War. He is a six-foot seven-inch tall schizophrenic Indian who has convinced the whole ward that he is deaf and mute, and he is the narrator of the story. He is not a very reliable narrator due to his schizophrenia, so some of the events are distorted. Throughout the story, Chief Bromden is reminded of events from his childhood, which reveal little bits and pieces about his character and his uncommon past. The ward he is on is controlled by the Big Nurse, who has emasculated everyone and has complete control over everything and everyone there. She requires everything to be done her way and like clockwork. That all changes when Randle Patrick McMurphy arrives. McMurphy, mandated to the mental hospital by the courts, starts challenging the rules made by the Big Nurse as soon as he arrives, to help improve the lives of all of the patients on the ward. McMurphy also takes some of the patients on wacky adventures. For example, he convinces the Big Nurse to let him and a few other patients go on a fishing trip with his aunt. Except, instead of his aunt, he hires a prostitute to take them in her place. He also starts a basketball league with all of the patients as a way to exercise, but that ends after the basketball breaks through the Big Nurse’s window multiple times. The patients are divided into two groups: the chronics, who have no hope of being cured, and the acutes, who are not nearly a...
The use of suspense in “The Hitchhiker,” keeps the audience in a state of panic, wondering what the outcome will be. The protagonist looks back upon the torturous six days, remembering his protective mother, and the commonplace traveler. Fear mixed with suspicion, he identifies the hitchhiker on the most inappropriate hitchhiking roads, set on terminating the foreboding individual. Leaving the audience at the climax, Adams believes the hitchhiker must be mortal, and therefore able to hinder, yet the fact of Adams’ unknown identity and his total isolation, prevent his ability to take
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, written by Ken Kesey in 1962, is a book about a lively con man that turns a mental institution upside down with his rambunctious antics and sporadic bouts with the head nurse. Throughout the book, this man shows the others in the institution how to stand up for themselves, to challenge conformity to society and to be who they want to be. It is basically a book of good versus evil, the good being the con man R.P. McMurphy, and the bad being the head nurse, Nurse Ratched. McMurphy revitalizes the hope of the patients, fights Nurse Ratched's stranglehold on the ward, and, in a way, represents the feelings of the author on society at the time.
My introduction to The Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy series by Douglas Adam began with another version of the book by one of my favorite author, Eoin Colfer, his version was humorous, dramatic and have a bit action. I was curious to read the original author’s version and found it on equal ground, if not better than the other version. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is a new experience for those who are familiar with other science fiction novels. while most of the science fiction novels are more focus on action, drama, romance, death by robots, or dystopian futures. The Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy are more on comedy, irony, mistakes, politics and many other things. The pacing or the story is somewhat fast so I had to reread the
This turns the story darker, gives a motion of both fear and surprise. This also gives the motion that Ronald Adams is not completely sane. “hitchhikers? Here?” “A guy would be a fool to hitch a ride on these roads.” (pages 1002, 1003 The Hitchhiker) This is just the beginning of the audience thinking that perhaps the hitchhiker isn't actually real. Then Adams actually gets told himself that he’s seeing things “did you see him that time?” “No, I didn't see him that time and I don’t expect never to see him!” (page 1008 of The Hitchhiker)
A Genetic Odyssey’ is an interesting movie to watch. There were many thoughts that passed my mind as I watched the movie. First of all, it was interesting to visualize the movie back in the day, assuming how one single man lived in Africa approximately sixty thousand years ago. It is quite amazing to have traced the records so far behind to find that Adam could be the father of homo sapiens after all. The better question arises when there are different sizes, races and shapes to each human being.
Arthur Dent had a normal life until his house is demolished to pave way to make a bypass. The very same day his house is demolished, Earth is also demolished, coincidentally for the same reason. What he also doesn't know is that his best friend, Ford Perfect, is an alien. Ford Perfect is an alien from a small planet in the vicinity of the Betelgeuse Galaxy, who was doing field research for an for a wholly remarkable book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Luckily, Ford and Arthur manage to hitch a ride before Earth is destroyed, where they later meet up with Zaphod and Trillian with the stole Heart of Gold ship. Once they meet, the group unknowingly make their way to the legendary planet of Magrathea. Throughout the trip, Arthur learns
name and tattoo across his face: NOMAD. Foyle knew he couldn't stay. He still had a score to settle and so he busted off the asteroid with a vengeance burning higher.
John Green’s wonderful yet tragic best-selling novel The Fault in Our Stars tells a heart-wrenching story of two teenage cancer patients who fall in love. Augustus Waters and Hazel Lancaster live in the ordinary city of Indianapolis, where they both attend a support group for cancer patients. Falling in love at first sight, the two are inseparable until Augustus’s cancer comes out of remission, turning Hazel’s world upside. This is one of the best young-adult fiction novels of the year because it keeps readers on the edge of their seat, uses themes to teach real life lessons, and uses a realistic point of view instead of the cliché happy ending of most books.