out of her head‚ he succeeded. He rescued the princess of Ethiopia on his way home‚ called Andromeda. Back at home‚ he showed the head of Medusa to the king‚ and everyone in the room was turned to stone. Dictys became the king of the island and Perseus eventually killed his grandfather‚ Acrisius‚ at a sports event in Greece when he had to leave his city. When they returned back home‚ Perseus and Andromeda had a son named Electryon‚
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Journal 3 “He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” (Adams Chapter 1) From the beginning of Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” it has seemed as though this was indeed the case; at least in terms of the haphazardness‚ randomness‚ and unpredictability. Throughout my time reading this particular novel‚ I have hardly been able to accurately predict or infer the progression of the plot‚ characters‚
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Jake Marasco 2/5/13 Per. 5 Honors English The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy starts with Earthman Arthur Dent facing the demolition of his house to make way for a motorway bypass. He was then met by hi friend Ford Prefect who had three things to tell him: He was an alien from Beetlegeuse‚ He was a writer for the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy‚ and the Earth was about to be destroyed. Arthur and Ford get picked up by a Vogon ship avoiding their destruction
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allows authors to create great pieces of work. In the novels Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy‚ by Douglas Adams‚ The Bicentennial Man‚ by Isaac Asimov and The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury‚ readers can clearly see straight away that all of these novels are fiction just by simply reading the beginning of them. These three novels share common aspects of fiction while
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In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy‚ Adams uses his characters’ experiences to convey the importance of accepting difficult or shocking circumstances‚ as this allows one to truly cope with the issue. At the beginning of the novel‚ this idea is foreshadowed with the girl who realizes what is wrong with the world and how to fix it. Her realization and acknowledgement of a problem is quite different from the experiences of certain other characters‚ however. On earth‚ Adams describes Arthur as “never
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classic path. Starting from birth‚ to leaving home‚ to a final battle and ending with the journey home and the final reward. Every hero follows this pattern in some way‚ shape or form. This even includes Arthur Dent‚ from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Arthur is someone we consider to be and everyday monomyth hero because‚ with a few exceptions‚ he follows the Monomyth cycle to a tee. When we first are introduced to Arthur everything seems normal until he discovers his house is being demolished
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Perseus Almost all heroes follow a formula. This framework is subject to some degree of variation‚ but it holds true to many of Hamilton’s stories retold in Mythology. The three stages of a hero‚ the separation‚ the initiation‚ and the return‚ are demonstrated in the story of Perseus. The separation is the begging of the quest. This starts with the heroes decision to depart from the known world‚ or him being forced out of his usual realm. In the case if Perseus‚ he is forced
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flew quickly away with the evil Medusa’s head. As Perseus was coming back with Medusa’s head‚ flying over a beach‚ he saw a beautiful maiden chained to a rock‚ she had been left for a hungry monster to eat. He zeroed down to the beach to rescue Andromeda. While she watched‚ Perseus wrestled with the sea monster to save her. He stabbed the monster in the eye with his sword. Perseus took Andomeda home. Perseus and the others were filled with joy because he had saved the maiden from the sea monster
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Andromeda Now Time’s Andromeda on this rock rude‚ With not her either beauty’s equal or Her injury’s‚ looks off by both horns of shore‚ Her flower‚ her piece of being‚ doomed dragon’s food. Time past she has been attempted and pursued By many blows and banes; but now hears roar A wilder beast from West than all were‚ more Rife in her wrongs‚ more lawless‚ and more lewd. Her Perseus linger and leave her tó her extremes?— Pillowy air he treads a time and hangs His thoughts on her
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Throughout Douglas Adams’ The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy a number of satirical techniques are used to question and condemn often serious and controversial targets of satire. The vices and follies of Arthur Dent- the main character and representative of the human race throughout the novel- are exposed and ridiculed for the entirety of the story. Within the novel‚ politics‚ in particular bureaucracy is a target of satire‚ especially so regarding the unpleasant race of the Vogons. Skilfully‚
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