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.
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