Post Seven/Siete

Over break, I was able to keep reading more of Adams’ novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which had a very strange turn of events in the plot. Arthur continues using the Sens-O-Tape to observe the events leading to the creation of planet Earth. As stated earlier, an unexpected answer to life, the universe and everything was going to be given by the greatest computer on the galaxy. However, this computer had to make an even better computer in order to answer the question. Thus Earth was formed as the “modern computer”. Now on the legendary planet of Magrathea, through a series of complicated events, Arthur Dent was supposed to come up with the answer. However, this would only happen if the Earthman’s brain was taken out and speculated, which Arthur was not willing to do for obvious reasons. Out in the galaxy, however, the galactic police was making its way toward Magrathea, and the whole planet was facing disaster. The chaos inevitably begins between Arthur, the Magratheans, (a couple of mice), Zaphod and the rest of the characters, and the galactic police. As the fights and arguments continue, the main characters are found to be in a tight spot. They are cornered with only a handful of options left. This part of the story had me immensely confused; not only did the story shift from the past to the present, but so much was added in that the storyline was hard to follow. Alternatively, I felt that the author was putting pieces of the plot together for the final resolution of the book. I also felt that the book had lost its previous sense of humor. The novel’s comedy was lacking in these ending chapters, and I was contemplating if this was done on purpose.