Metaphorical Perspectives in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Novel

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A Critical Analysis of the Metaphorical Perspectives in Douglas Adams’ the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Novel
Introduction
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a novel written by Douglas Adams with the aim of undertaking a critical review of the apparent futilities presented by the life of a human being and the unknown reasons underlying the existence of man. Douglas Adam chooses to adopt a sense of humor to explain the multiple occasions in which human beings have made unsuccessful attempts of discovering the inherent purposes of their lives. The sense of humor is revealed by the fact that after all undertakings to find the supposed end and purpose of human life, it is discovered that life is not the end of man but the journey that must be accomplished. Consequently, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy gives a representation of life as an aspect that depicts a cross-generational and a sustaining appeal. The novel embraces some metaphorical representations to give a new shape for the purpose of human life as a hidden secret. In particular, Adams chose to embrace metaphorical representations as a way of convincing his audience that the answers to some of the burning questions presented by the experiences of life cannot be adequately answered.
On the contrary, the situations of life only present people with multiple parallels that play a significant role in shadowing our realities. According to Fatima and Rasul (2), the symbols adopted by Adams in The Hitchhikers give the readers of this novel a certain hidden dimension of an abstract construct and shortcut aimed at fostering a deeper comprehension of ideas. The aforementioned metaphorical issues are highly possible because human beings have the innate potency of establishing a link to certain abstract concepts by the use of linguistic allegories and mind based heuristics that play a central role in fostering learning. Considering the choice taken by Douglas Adams to adopt allegorical representations in his works of literature, the current study seeks to undertake a critical analysis of the metaphorical perspectives adopted by this author in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy novel.
The Rhetorical Contexts of Douglas Adams’ the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was first presented to its viewers in 1978 in an array of forms. Montйvil and Pocheville (37) explain that the storyline was originally presented in the form of radio comedy and later expanded to embrace the dimensions of books, stage shows, video games, and television series. The authorizations put in place by Adams to exploit his works of creativity made immense contributions to the fields of literature and pop philosophies on either side of the Atlantic. For instance, Joll (3) reveals that the presentation availed the globe of literature with the phrase “don’t panic” as well as the ideology of the Babel Fish. The novel form of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy adopts very little of the storyline presented by its book and radio versions probably due to the issues of the time. Considering the enormous nature of the universe adopted by the filmmaker in the Hitc...