The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Setting This story takes place on a number of different planets and the two main places would be the Heart of Gold (spaceship) and Millyways the restaurant at the end of the universe. The time is about the late 90s Characterisation There are 4 main charactors in this story.

1. Arthur Dent he is tall and is always missing Earth and when Ford talks he gets very confused.

2. Ford Prefect is and alien who looks like a human but he doesn't tlak like one. He's always making fun of Arthur and it seems as he tries to confuse Arthur just for laughs.

3. Zaphod Beeblebrox is the x-president of the universe he has two heads and is constantly getting himself drunk. He especially likes the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster the universes most alchoholic beverage.

4. Trillian just makes it to be a main character.

She is another Earthling and she got out of Earth a long time before it was demolished when she learned herself how to flag down a spaceship.

Plot Summary Our story starts where the last ended of but on a Vogon ship the crew aboard spots the Heart of Gold and meanwhile inside Arthur was really thirsty for some tea so he asked the computer to make him some of course the tea tasted horrible so Arthur talked and talked for hours to the machine on what he wanted the tea to be like. When nothing came out he gave up. Then Ford saw that Vogons were coming he immediately decided that he was going to get out of there. But, because of Arthur, all of the power to the ship was put into MAKING HIM SOME TEA! After being attacked the called on Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth...