A Literary Analysis on The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
... a critical look at the practices of our own society. It is common knowledge that animal testing goes on in many laboratories. For instance, before new medicines can be approved, scientists often test them out on animals, such as mice. In this novel, though, it reveals that not only was the Earth completely run by mice, but the Earth was also actually an experiment conducted by the mice to find what they called the “Ultimate Question.” Since the world was destroyed five minutes before the answer could be revealed, the mice conducting the experiment, Benjy and Frankie mouse, use their only remaining option : analyze the brain of the last human. In an excerpt from a conversation between the two mice and Ford, the hints of cruel experiments is shown through: “ ‘ We want to buy the brain off you,’ said Benjy Mouse. ‘I thought you could read his brain electronically’, protested Ford. ‘ We’d have to get it out first...to treat it...dice it...’” The reference not only makes the reader take into consideration the methods in...