Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Book Response #1

Author's Note: I wrote this response because I saw some connections to real life. Here is a summary to fill you in: Arthur's house was going to be knocked down by city officials so a bypass could be built. Of course Arthur was not exactly pleased with this, so he protested by lying down in front of the bulldozer. The construction workers went on and explained how it wouldn't be bad at all, and that it was just a house, but Arthur didn't budge. Then his friend, Ford, came over and was acting pretty strange.  He urged Arthur to come to the bar and somehow convinced his to leave his position. At the bar he acted even odder than before and was saying that the world was going to end in a few minutes. Suddenly an incredible boom screams through the whole Earth and some aliens explain that the planet has to be destroyed for the building of "hyperspatial express" That is the moment. Arthur probably wanted to go up to the construction workers and explain how it won't be so bad and how they'll move on even though everyone is going to die, because that is exactly what happened to him, just on a smaller scale. 

There are very few sensations better than the one you get the moment you prove someone wrong. As for Arthur Dent in the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy his time to shine was unfortunately was right when the world was about to end . I have never been in that type of situation when that much of pressure has been on my shoulders but, I know that proving some I have seen some really successful movies when the main character does. The introduction of the plot line already portrays that it would be a great inspiration for a movie.

Then, much like a movie would, the book puts you in a totally different scene with the president of the galaxy or something. I could tell this book was written like movie, because it jumps from one small story to the next and gives you vague, tiny clues to help you figure out what the heck is going on. It usually makes you feel like a detective Also, even though the book is not written from the point of view of the main character, it puts you right there with him as if you were him. It mostly follows him and what he does unless it skips to something totally different. For example after the aliens say they are going to destroy the Earth the story cuts off and picks back up again later with Arthur waking up on a spaceship with his friend Ford. An exception to this “rule” is when the author switched the setting and told about the president of the galaxy, only because it doesn’t relate to Arthur. This rule is also used in the Hunger Games movie. During the Games the story followed Katniss, but would occasionally go to the Capitol to inform you about Cesear Flickerman or Haymitch talking with sponsors. 





The book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy would be an excellent movie from what I’ve read. I think that Douglas Adams, the author, intended to make it so