The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Post 10

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Pg 138-143
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- Marvin seems to never change moods no matter how wild things get.
- The story ended a bit abruptly.
- I think this book should have wrapped up the story a bit better like with the mice and the vogons and things of that sort.
- Marvin must be really depressing to be able to make a computer kill itself.
- It's weird that after a big attack on the crew, that their ship was left unharmed.

4 Insightful Questions
- How can an organism survive off methane gas?
- What is an alien from Blagulon Kappa doing on Magrathea?
- How does a computer commit suicide?
- What ever happened to the mice and their lust for Arthur's brain.

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Rivulet (pg 138): a small stream
- Congeal (pg 141): to jell; become gelatinous
- Acute (pg 141): extremely sharp or intense

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Simile - "...deposited them next to the Heart of Gold which stood starkly on the frozen ground like a bleached bone" (Adams 141).
- Metaphor - "They let fly another electric barrage" (Adams 138).

1 Summary Setence
- Arthur and the rest of the crew escape the mice and Magrathea and are off to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Post 9

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Pg 127-137
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- The mice are pretty evil for such small bodies.
- Now the mice have telekinesis.
- I still don't get how Deep Though arrived at the answer of 42.
- The cops of Magrathea sound very phony and corny.
- These cops are bad liars saying they would blow up Magrathea if Arthur didn't turn himself in.

4 Insightful Questions
- The Vogons destroyed the Earth 5 minutes before what program was complete?
- How come the mice didn't speak english on Earth?
- Did Trillian know the mice were super intelligent when she took them onboard?
- How did the alarms set off?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Perfunctory (pg 127): casual: hasty and without attention to detail
- Contours (pg 131): a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
- Fusillade (pg 137): rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Hyperbole - "Ford's eyes popped halfway out of their sockets" (Adams 137).
- Hyperbole - "All in all it was extremely fortunate at that moment every alarm on the planet burst into an earsplitting din" (Adams 134).

1 Summary Sentence
- Arthur reunites with his crew and meets the mice who want to steal his brain so it can be analyzed to find out the Ultimate Question.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Post 8

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Pg 109-126
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- This book changes topics very quickly between chapters.
- I think Deep Thought is saying that he is the second best computer in the universe because deep though is the best.
- I think the computer is taking so long to answer the question because it is really tring to say that no computer can answer the question of life.
- I don't think I could ever imagine the disappointment in the programmer's facs after hearing the answer to life.
- According to the computer, the meaning of life is 42.

4 Insightful Questions
- What is the point of making a new Earth is it will probably be destroyed?
- How will new Earth be populated?
- Why would the previous president want Zaphod to steal the Heart of Gold?
- Are the mice controlling the creation of the new Earth?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Messianic (pg 113): of or relating to a messiah promising deliverance
- Salient (pg 116): outstanding: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
- Diode (pg 117): a thermionic tube having two electrodes

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Metaphor - "It was crazier than a mad monkey" (Adams 128).
- Metaphor - "I wouldn't trust myself further than I could spit a rat" (pg 126).

1 Summary Sentence
- The old man explains to Arthur the story of the question of life and the creation of the new Earth.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Post 7

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Pg 94-108
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- This old man, sounds a lot like god, saying that he created the Earth.
- According to the old man, mice on Earth were the smartest beings on the Earth.
- I would've never guess that mice were the most intelligent species on Earth.
- Slartibartfast is a really weird name even for an alien.
- Humans must be really stupid if they mistake dolphin messages for simple tricks.

4 Insightful Questions
- What is the explanation of the whale dying?
- Could the ZB engraved in Zaphod's brain stand for Zaphod Beeblebrox?
- How could the Magratheans sleep through 5 million year long recession?
- How did the dolphins leave Earth?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Extrovert (pg 98): one who is outgoing; sociable or concerned with outer affairs
- Vertigo (pg 107): dizziness
- Abdicate (pg 108): give up

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Simile - "It's like having a Galacticredit card which keeps working though you never send off the checks" (Adams 97).
- Simile - "Patterns that Arthur knew, rough blobby shapes that were as familiar to him as the shape of words" (Adams 108).

1 Summary Sentence
- Arthur meets one of the Magratheans who just came out of a 5 million year slumber.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Post 6

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Pg 78-92
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- Magrathea sounds like a utopia, or a place that doesn't exist.
- Zaphod really doesn't know how to listen.
- That recorded message from Magrathea sounded very sarcastic.
- Eddie's back up GPP sounds just like a mother.
- Paranoid Android is the title of a song by Radiohead, and that is also what Zaphod called Marvin.

4 Insightful Questions
- Why is Ford in such denial about Magrathea?
- What is hidden inside Magrathea that they don't want outsiders to see?
- How on Earth did Arthur just save everyone's life?
- Who launched the two missiles at the ship?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Exacerbate (pg 82): to worsen or make more severe
- Inertial (pg 86): not being accelerated by any force
- Coherent (pg 91): sticking together; orderly, logical and consistent

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Personification - "An icy wind ripped into them" (Adams 82).
- Simile - "The ship suddenly dropped out of the sky like a stone" ( Adams 87).

1 Summary Sentence
- The Heart of Gold begins to approach the hidden planet of Magrathea.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Post 5

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Pg 62-77
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- Marvin is a robot, with a genuine person personality built in.
- These recent chapters talk alot about improbability.
- Zaphod is a very irritable person.
- Looks like Zaphod was on Earth and met Arthur at a party before their meeting on the Heart of Gold.
- The reunion of Zaphod, Arthur, and Trillian were all based on improbability.

4 Insightful Questions
- How can Zaphod be president but be so stupid and inconsiderate?
- How come nothing has come back to reclaim the stolen ship?
- Why does an alien on the t.v in the book speak like a European?
- Does every computer on the ship have it's own personality?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Dole (pg 74): money received from the state
- Unfathomable (pg 76): impossible to come to understand
- Vitriolic (pg 76): bitterly scathing

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Simile - "'All right,' said Marvin, like the tolling of a great cracked bell" (Adams 63).
- Personification - "Parts of the inside of her head screamed at other parts f the inside of her head" (Adams 68).

1 Summary Sentence
- After being rescued by the Heart of Gold, Arthur and Ford meet Zaphod and Trillian.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Post 4

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Pg 47-61
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- The instance with Ford and Arthur explaining the Vogon's poetry was probably the funniest part in the book so far.
- I guess the Vogon's know their poetry is bad.
- The planet Ford is from, Betelgeuse, looks alot like the word Beetlejuice, like the character from the cartoons and movies.
- The Improbability Drive Sounds like a cheap way to rescue Arthur and Ford from death.
- Zaphod is the new commander of the Heart of Gold, because he stole it.

4 Insightful Questions
- What are the chances of being rescued from deep space and near imminent death?
- What ever happened to Zaphod stealing the Heart of Gold?
- Where did all the items from the hole in the galaxy come from?
- Are Ford and Arthur going insane, they have turned into penguins?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Peruse (pg 47): examine or consider with attention and in detail
- Hoick (pg 48): to lift something up wildly
- Oblong (pg 61): having the shape of or resembling a rectangle or ellipse

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Irony - "It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute's prize for Extreme Cleverness, he got lynched by a rampaging mob of respectable physicists who had finally realized that the one thing they really couldn't stand was a smart ass" (Adams 60).
- Metaphor - "They plunged through heavy walls of sound, mountains of archaic thought, valleys of mood music" (Adams 57).

1 Summary Sentence
- After being kicked off of the Vogon flagship, Arthur and Ford are rescued by the Heart of Gold.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Post 3

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Pg 32-46
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- The Dentrassis' are the best cooks in the universe.
- There should be a book like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in the real world.
- The Earth has officially been destroyed to make a bypass.
- The fish was actually called a babel fish which translates alien dialect for you.
- This book actually challenged the existence of god.

4 Insightful Questions
- How did Ford get on the Vogon Flagship?
- What was the point of Arthur putting a fish onto his ear?
- How bad is Vogon poetry that makes it worse than being killed?
- Where does Arthur see the metaphysical imagery in the Vogon's poem?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Scintillating (pg 33): brilliantly clever
- Squalid (pg 37): extremely dirty and unpleasant
- Aural (pg 40): of or pertaining to hearing or the ear

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Metaphor - "..threw the bomb to the ground and ran forward through the sea suddenly frozen smiles" (Adams 32).
- Simile - "Thy micturations are to me as plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lagrid bee" (Adams 46).

1 Summary Sentence
- The Earth was destroyed by the Vogons and Arthur and Ford hitchhike onto their flagship.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Post 2

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Pg 17-31
5 Strong Comments about characters or plot
- Ford is pretty rude to the barman.
- This book does not really give a good intro to all of this extra-terrestrial things.
- The destruction of Earth sounds a lot like the destruction of Arthur's house.
- I wonder what Arthur's reactions are to the PA announcement from the aliens.
- Zaphod sounds really nervous during his speech, he keeps repeating "hi."

4 Insightful Questions
- Where is Ford getting all of this money from to pay for booze?
- With all of this space technology Ford has, why doesn't he have something that can call home?
- What happened to the problem at Earth that was announced at the very end of the chapter?
- What planet is Zaphod from?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Satchel (pg 20): luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap
- Ravenous (pg 21): famished: extremely hungry
- Daft (pg 21): insane, mad; silly; stupid

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Similie - "It says that the effects of drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaser is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a lard gold brick" (Adams 17)
- Simile - "It assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a brush, but very very ravenous" (Adams 21).

1 Summary Sentence
- Ford explains to Arthur that the world is going to end and it comes true in a matter of second by a PA announcement that aliens were going to destroy it to make a bypass.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Post 1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Pg 5-16
5 Strong Comments about characters or plot
- This book has a third-person narrator surrounding the life of Arthur Dent.
- Arthur Dent is about 30 years old, tall, dark-haired, works at a local radio station, and never feels at ease with himself.
- I imagine that Mr. Prosser is this really overweight, sweaty, greedy, and stuffy man.
- Ford, the space alien, is really bad with sarcasm.
- Mr. Prosser is easily manipulated, like a really dumb ape.

4 Insightful Questions
- Why is Arthur stomping all over his house?
- Is Arthur serious about having a friend from space?
- Why does Ford need to have a drink so badly?
- How does Ford blend in so well on Earth even though he is an alien from another planet?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Blearily (pg 7): tired to the point of exhaustion
- Predilection (pg 8): a preference, or a partiality
- Squelch (pg 9): to suppress or crush completely

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Metaphor - "He was also the direct male-line descendant of Genghis Khan" (Adams 8).
- Personification - "His mind seemed to be full of noises, horses, smoke and the stench of blood" (Adams 16).

1 Summary Sentence
- The story introduces Arthurt Dent and the conflict of the city trying to destroy his house so they can build a bypass.