https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k The Hitchhikers Guide to the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" Padlet. Whew. en-us 2018-08-24 19:30:32 UTC 2025-10-25 13:48:05 UTC hello@padlet.com andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275257723 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a Sci-Fi, Comedic-Natured book about Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect's adventures throughout the galaxy. After being rescued from Earth's imminent doom, Arthur and Ford meet Zaphod Beeblebrox, the president of the Galaxy, and Trillian McMillan, Zaphod's girlfriend. They travel throughout the galaxy, discovering treasures and encountering danger around every corner.]]> 2018-08-24 19:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275257723 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275258030 I personally believe that the theme of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is "to expect anything around any corner." In short, it's to expect everything to be absurd. Hardly anything will ever go exactly to the plan you have in your head, so simply don't expect it to! This can be proven by simply looking at different events that occur in the text. As the point of the book is absurd Sci-Fi moments, it makes sense for this to be the theme.]]> 2018-08-24 19:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275258030 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275258480 Arthur and Ford have just been ejected into the big black vacuum of space. "...it does go on to say that what with space being the mind-boggling size it is, the chances of getting picked up by another ship within [the] 30 seconds are two to the power of two hundred and seventy-six thousand, seven hundred and nine to one against." (page 77). However, "...twenty-nine seconds later, Ford and Arthur were rescued."

I think this is a perfect example of absurdity, considering, according to those odds, it's practically impossible to be rescued, and especially 1 second before sure death.]]> 2018-08-24 19:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275258480 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275259411 Towards the end of the book, the story of "The answer to The Life, The Universe, and Everything." is told to the reader. Essentially, a powerful computer, named Deep Thought, is created to answer that exact question. It takes Deep Thought 7 and a half million years to calculate the answer, and finally, he finishes. 

"All right,' said Deep Thought. 'The Answer to the Great Question... of Life, the Universe, and Everything... is... is... Forty-Two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm." (Page 181)

I'm not sure anybody without a prior knowledge of the book would have expected such a mundane and simple answer. This is why I believe this is a perfect example of absurdity within the book.]]> 2018-08-24 19:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275259411 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275259727 Right before the end of the book, it's revealed that Earth was another super-computer planet commissioned to finally form the ultimate question, that would fit the Great Answer of "42."

"Deep Thought designed the Earth, we built it, and you lived on it... and the Vogans came and destroyed it five minutes before the program was completed,' added Arthur, not unbitterly."

I personally think that this is an absurd plot point of the book. Which is why it's a perfect example for the theme. What are the odds that this planet exists for millions of years, and 5 minutes before its program completes, it's destroyed to build a superhighway?]]> 2018-08-24 19:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275259727 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275263066 I chose this picture because it's an absurd picture, which directly relates back to the theme of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.]]> 2018-08-24 20:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275263066 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275263733 I chose this picture because the headline "Man tries armed robbery with knife in gun store." is a completely absurd and random thing to happen, which directly relates back to the theme.]]> 2018-08-24 20:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275263733 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275264172 "My love is like a candle... if you forget about me, I'll burn your house down."

I chose this quote because it's completely absurd and random, and nobody would expect it while reading it. ]]> 2018-08-24 20:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275264172 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275264596 I think the song "I am the Walrus" by The Beatles is a perfect connection to the theme of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, because the lyrics and meaning of the song are completely random.]]> 2018-08-24 20:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275264596 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275264972 I chose this picture because it's completely random and absurd to expect someone eating a table full (literally) of spaghetti, like the woman in the picture. This is why I feel like it's a good connection to the theme of the book.]]> 2018-08-24 20:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275264972 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275267276 I chose this painting because I feel like it accurately connects to the theme of the book. I can't think of many people who'd paint some giant animal that looks like something out of "Where the Wild Things Are."]]> 2018-08-24 20:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275267276 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275267778 "Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked. (34-35)

Arthur is about to land on his first ever Alien planet, and all he's interested in is some tea. This is a great representation of some of the absurdity in not just the book, but some of the characters.]]> 2018-08-24 20:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275267778 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275268278 I chose this article because the headline is something straight out of Seinfeld, completely random and hilarious.]]> 2018-08-24 20:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275268278 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275268674 "Toto - Africa"

“I know that I must do what’s right/ As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti”

I chose this quote because it talks about Kilimanjaro rising above the Serengeti, which isn't true, it's quite a ways away. This lyric, however, was written as absurd satire for the song, which was about a man wishing to visit Africa, and so he wrote about it. This absurd lyric relates to the theme of the book.]]> 2018-08-24 20:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275268674 andrew_britt57 https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275269172 "Bad choices make good stories."

I chose this quote because it's pretty funny and almost absurd, which is a direct relation back to the theme of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.]]> 2018-08-24 20:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_britt57/v87impklgw1k/wish/275269172