Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the Seven Deadly Sins
In Douglas Adams's novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect traverse an imperfect galaxy plagued by a lack of individuality. In The Seven Deadly Sins Today, Henry Fairlie ventures that this galactic epidemic correlates to the transmission of immorality throughout the world. Douglas Adams utilizes satire and characterization to demonstrate how the human condition is flawed. Furthermore, Henry Fairlie calls upon the archetypal seven deadly sins to criticize human banality. Collectively, Adams's wittiness and Fairlie's bitterness encourage the reader to exercise one's identity. First, Douglas Adams satirizes modern society to delineate the blemishes that chafe the face of humankind. Next, characterization indicates that every person battles against their fait accompli; however, some fight with more ferocity than others. Lastly, Henry Fairlie rancorously acknowledges the seven deadly sins to portray the world's sinful commonalities. Ultimately, the authors of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Seven Deadly Sins Today accentuate a person's obligation to rise from the stereotypical to the atypical. Douglas Adams satirizes contemporary culture to expose humanity's greed and glumness. In the beginning of the novel, Adams omnisciently describes the major problem afflicting planet Earth: This planet has--or rather had--a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy. (1)
This statement reveals that the author deeply worries about the "unhappy" condition of the human psyche. He outright blames the dissolution of depression on "the movements of small green pieces of paper," also known as money. Essentially, Adams conveys that
This statement reveals that the author deeply worries about the "unhappy" condition of the human psyche. He outright blames the dissolution of depression on "the movements of small green pieces of paper," also known as money. Essentially, Adams conveys that