Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy versus The Seven Deadly...

In Douglas Adamss novel, The Hitchhikers 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, Adamss wittiness and Fairlies bitterness encourage the reader to exercise ones identity. First, Douglas Adams satirizes modern society to delineate the blemishes that chafe the face of humankind. Next, characterization†¦show more content†¦Essentially, Adams conveys that people are too worried about their financial status and forget to enjoy life to its fullest. Money becomes a shackle and enslaves the people of planet Earth with one of the seven deadly sins: gree d. The internet dictionary of Princeton University defines greed as excessive desire to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves ( ). Henry Fairlie agrees with this definition and offers an eloquent sentiment: The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world (26). However, Fairlies plea is unheard due to the deafening materialism of modern society. It is a sad fact, but a fact nonetheless, that those who want to enrich are less abundant than those who want to get rich. This phenomenon occurs because wealth is more easily attainable than enrichment. Wealth requires one lucky day at the New York Stock Exchange or the acquisition of an emerging franchise. Enrichment requires an acute mind and patience because social change often takes generations to root in the minds of people. The solution to both Adams and Fairlies sinful society rests in patience. People should not try to perform a lifetime of actions in a fraction of their lifetime. Adams then reveals the twisted prototype for the space-age hero through the character traits of Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect. Arthur was born and raised on Earth,