Post Three/Tres

Over the few days we had off, I was able to read more of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Interestingly enough, the seven chapters that I read were very comical and confusing but I was able to relate to them through my own life. For example, the author refers to a "Babel fish" which is an actual fish used to translate any language in the entire galaxy to whichever language one would choose. However, I know of a translation website called Babel fish which uses the same concept. Poetry is also mentioned in the novel when a Vogon captain recites it to his prisoners. It goes something like this:
"Oh freddled gruntbuggly thy micturations are to me - As plurdled gabbeblotchits on a lurgid bee. Groop I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes. And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly brindlewurdles. Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if I don't!"
This awful display of poetry shows how good our poetry is compared to theirs. And it all relates back to my poetry units over the past years. I also noticed that the book refers to an actual encyclopedia called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which is very helpful to the main character, Arthur Dent, and confusing for the reader. The pages I read also take the reader from the unfortunate destruction of Earth through a series of unpredictable events to a space ship six light years away known for its improbability. Two new characters are introduced as well, Trillian and Zaphod Beeblebrox, who are galactic bandits. Although it is hard to grasp the general environment of most of the book, I find most of the events exciting and I am left wanting to read more.