Sunday, February 8, 2009

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.

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