2008년 9월 28일 일요일

Fourth Entry "Restaraunt at the end of the Universe"

They, as in Arthur and Ford, finally land, or crash on the planet that the "weirdos" were programmed to go on. Many survive including Arthur and Ford. They start to get used to this new environment and they try to make a new civilization, but they're so stupid that they start using leaves as money. Ford and Arthur try to make them understand that they have to get out of this planet because they need to find the answer to the universe and everything. Of course, they ignore them and start making things that make no sense. Arthur and Ford start being weirdos and suddenly forget about everything. Then one day, Arthur finds out something carved in the snow; the signature of someone they know about. It was their friend Slartibartfast who was one of the designers of earth. They finally understand that they're in the past of the planet earth. They're practically stuck in the past and have no escape route.

The story so far marks the point where the author sort of puts in his thoughts about the past. Earth in particular, and he believes that there were people from different worlds that were the second to step on earth besides the prime-apes. Nice theory, but the aliens seem to be even stupider than the prime apes that were learning rapidly from Arthur. Anyways, this part shows the nature of people getting along in a new society without a supreme ruler. The movie shows similar aspects of the fact that they all are equal and there isn't a true ruler over them. This part was frankly a bit boring, but when there's a hill, there's a slope downwards and I'm waiting for the climax.

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Ms. Lillo :

I'm glad that overall you seem to be enjoying this book. Keep pushing yourself to talk about more than plot summary. Hope you keep enjoying it!