The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Analysis

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was written in 1979 by an english writer named Douglas Adams. In 1979 in England, inflation was at 17% and trade unions were upset at the attempt to control inflation by limiting pay. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge and was a writer and dramatist. When he was studying in Cambridge, he hitchhiked from Europe to Istanbul. After his trip and when he finished studying he pursued his career of being a writer. The author uses imagery and tone to engage his reader and keep them interested.
The author Douglas Adams uses imagery to make the reader feel connected to the character. In the first paragraph the author describes the house of Arthur Dent in great detail. The way he does this, it gives the reader a very clear image of the house that will be a symbol later in the book. He also used imagery in the beginning of chapter 11 when he is describing the cabin of the Heart of Gold. He describes how clean it is and the weird shape of it unlike anything he has seen before. By actively describing the ship the reader fully

pictures what the character is seeing and is able to picture themselves in the situation of the book. He uses imagery in chapter 22 as well. By the repeated use of imagery the reader gets to understand the environment the character is in and the reader becomes more involved and connected to the book. This technique allows the reader to imagine what is is like being a human in an alien world.
The author uses a very unique sense of tone to engage the reader.

Arthur goes through a lot of terrible things in the book, his house gets destroyed, his planet gets destroyed, and he gets threatened by nuclear missiles. But regardless of all of these things the author maintains a cheerful tone. Adams does not want us to mourn over the death of the Earth, instead he takes the event and uses language to make it not seem very bad. When the author is describing how Arthur felt about losing the people he had known he talks about how Arthur did not miss his parents or siblings but then he thought about the man he was standing next to in the store and felt deep pain. By doing this the author is making it humorous because you should miss the people you care about not someone you barely knew. This is helpful because it engages and keeps the readers paying attention. The cheerful humorous effect keeps readers

interested.
Douglas Adams does a great job at using imagery to make the reader feel like a part of the story and tone to maintain a cheerful, humorous attitude. These two main things change the story in a way that readers get to understand the character's perspective and really feel their emotions. The humor in the book allows readers to image terrible things but view them as not being so bad. Adams engaged the reader through the use of rhetorical devices that kept readers intrigued and wanting to continue reading.