Freytag's Triangle

Freytag's triangle is the idea of a story has a beggining, where the characters are introduced, then rising action until the climax, peak of the story, then falling action to the final resolution. "The Hitchhikers Guide..." follow the same plot line of the triangles in that the rising action starts when Earth is destroyed and Arthur must put all of hius trust in Ford. It continues with being thrown out into space and aboard the president's stolen ship. The climax comes when Trillian, another person from Earth, is being recued from a planet. Finally the final resolution is that people build planets and they decide to build Earth again with everything back exactly the way it was.

Faith

I look at faith sort of the same way as trust. I can trust that there is a "God" that created life, but faith is deeper, and in "Hitchhikers Guide" Arthur must gain alot of faith in his his friend very quickly. I think Arthur is an unsure person and to be forced to trust the only person that can help you must be difficult.

Conflict

A conflict I see in the "Hitchhikers Guide" is Arthur v. Self. His planet has been destroyed, he is stuck on a stolen ship and all in less than an hour. I would have a difficult time comprehending this as well. When Ford Prefect says "Don't panic" Arthur says "Once i calm down and understand what has actually happened, then I will start panicking." That is an example of how much stress he is under. He will have to come to terms with what happened and that's a major conflict with yourself. Another is the conflict between Arthur and society. The first ship he has encountered he was thrown out of and all because the Vogons wanted to. I would say that's a pretty serious conflict. He tried to win the conflict be saying he enjoyed the poem, but did not succeed.

The Hitchhikers Guide

So. This British man lives alone and wakes up one morning to find his house about to be demolished. This would be an irrelevant conflict if he knew that the Vogons are going to demolish Earth. There is alot of imagination in this book, no one actually knows what life is like in the depths of the universe so Douglas Adams said this is the way it is and that's the way its gonna be. I enjoy the insane things that people come up with, and this is actually amusing and witty. So the world is destroyed and Arthur and his friend, an alien hitchhiker named Ford Prefect stick out their thumbs and hop on the Vogon fleet ship. They are thrown out by the vile, angry, green, aliens and against amazing odds are picked up by none other than the president of the galaxy himself. Zaphod, the president, just stole a ship and is running from the police. This book makes me think about what COULD possibly be out there. Do you think there is anything? Are we it or just still primative? It is some pretty deep stuff. Thats as far as i have gotten for now. Until next time...........on Will's blog.

So far so good.

The beginning is good, it definitely catches my interest. Arthur Dent remembers he learned something bad was going to happen the day before but can't remember what it was. He then meets up Ford Prefect and hitches a ride on a ship. That's as far as I've gotten for now.