Characterization Discussion - BL4 by https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1 en-us 2020-09-21 18:26:47 UTC 2026-01-19 20:48:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Share your thoughts on Marvin and Zaphod on this Padlet - just make a sticky note FOR EACH and tell me your characterization breakdown! alhausman https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765695863 2020-09-21 19:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765695863 https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765711140 Marvin seems to be irritable, with him stating the reason being his intelligence being used for menial work. Zaphod is a character who seems to put on a showy front since he crashes the Earth party and has a boat with blades meant only for creating wakes. Zaphod also appears to be ambitious since he steals to ship to achieve his dream of reaching the planet building world.

]]> 2020-09-21 19:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765711140 https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765712050 Marvin's main personality trait is that he continually emphasizes how depressed he is. This seems to almost be less of a complaint and more of a way to make other people feel sad for and/or pity him.]]> 2020-09-21 19:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765712050 Marvin the Android is characterized through his unique worldview and how it defies the reader’s (and character’s) expectations of what an android’s personality should be. In general, humans like you or I or Arthur Dent tend to expect robots to have a sunny if not neutral disposition. Marvin's own Outlook is much drearier. https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765712206 2020-09-21 19:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765712206 Zaphod elwilber https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765713791 Most of the things that Zaphod does are for dramatic effect and to get attention. He is either really smart or really dumb, and he is charming and eccentric. I think this could be Adams expressing his opinions about real life politicians, all showmanship and no real brains.]]> 2020-09-21 19:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765713791 Marvin pketkaew https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765714177 A depressed robot. "In one corner a robot sat humped, its gleaming brushed steel head hanging loosely between its gleaming brushed steel knees." Robots were expected to be helpful and enthusiastic to work for humans since that’s their purpose, but Marvin is different and that makes him interesting.

]]> 2020-09-21 19:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765714177 Marvin kgsanchez3 https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765715005 In the novel Marvin is  depressed robot who’s very brilliant as he recalls himself saying that he’s 50,000 times more intelligent than trilian which would be 15 aps more than trillian’s INT. he also doesn't get along with anyone because he talks about how depressed and miserable he is which makes the aliens treat him worse.]]> 2020-09-21 19:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765715005 Zaphod dfbyrne https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765715076 2020-09-21 19:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765715076 Marvin https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765715544 Marvin is a super intelligent robot, but he tends to Beeblebrox's dirty work even though he does not enjoy it much. His smartness goes to waste.
"The Encyclopaedia Galactica defined a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man…'I've been ordered to take you down to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to take you down to the bridge…"
]]> 2020-09-21 19:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765715544 marvins personality camartinez191 https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765715611 marvin the android is surprisingly depressed which we don't expect to see from a robot ]]> 2020-09-21 19:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765715611 Marvin https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765717067 Marvin is very self aware of how he was created, and why he feels/acts the way he does.  “Let's build robots with Genuine People Personalities, they said. So they tried it out with me. I'm a personality prototype. You can tell can't you?" He also seems to be very depressed and bored all the time since he needs much more bigger things to keep his mind off of things, which is why he tries to avoid talking about life, "Well, said Trillian in a bright compassionate tone, ’here's something to occupy you and keep your mind off things.’ ‘It won't work, ‘droned Marvin, ’I have an exceptionally large mind." Marvin isn’t a normal robot who just goes and does tasks when told to without thinking about it, he needs much more care to even have the strength to do those tasks without feeling so down. ]]> 2020-09-21 19:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765717067 jyramirez1 https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765717897 Zaphod is portrayed as an individual who doesn’t have a purpose - he just does things, like steal the spaceship, but doesn’t know  where to go with it.]]> 2020-09-21 19:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765717897 Zaphod pketkaew https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765718274 Two heads and three arms. He’s quite crazy. He said to the public that the Heart of Gold was “so amazingly amazing I think I’d like to steal it.” He is an acting president that doesn’t do much but is the center of attention to the people which he loves so much. He seems to have an obsession with clothing and looking cool."Trillian had come to suspect that the main reason why he had had such a wild and successful life that he never really understood the significance of anything he did" speaks to how he is not the one that controls the government or regulates power at all. ]]> 2020-09-21 19:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765718274 https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765719808 Zaphod is very impulsive and prefers that other people think he doesn't know what's going on. He loves to be the center of attention by virtue of being extremely unpredictable.]]> 2020-09-21 19:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765719808 Zaphod jyramirez1 https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765721160 Zaphod also seems to seek approval of others. "he preferred people to be puzzled rather than contemptous" Zaphod doesn't seem to like criticism.]]> 2020-09-21 19:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765721160 Zaphod https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765722564 Zaphod is very unpredictable when trying to figure him out. When Ford had found out that he was the one that stole the ship they were in he was in shock, which was later revealed why he acted that way since Zaphod had been described as acting “stupid” to throw other off, “One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid”]]> 2020-09-21 19:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765722564 Marvin elwilber https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765723556 Marvin is very different from how most robots are portrayed in science fiction, rather than being helpful and eager to serve, he is cantankerous and dreary. He is often sarcastic and pessimistic towards the crew of the ship.]]> 2020-09-21 19:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765723556 Zaphod kgsanchez3 https://padlet.com/alhausman/ekdr63tzwmse4tr1/wish/765733816 In the novel, Zaphod is portrayed as an individual who doesn’t have a purpose - he just does things, like steal the spaceship, but doesn’t know  where to go with it. (he’s also a puppet for the shadow government!!!!)

Zaphod is also described as an individual that seeks approval because as the text mentioned that he preferred people to be “puzzled t=rather than contemptous”. It seems that he doesn’t like to be critizied.


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