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.