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.
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