The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy As the human race makes life-changing discoveries, it becomes clear that there is always more to learn as the universe, instead of becoming familiar, becomes absurd. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams, as well as the 2005 film adaptation, depict absurdity as an overarching system in the universe. Through the introduction and the attempt to understand the lack of reason, the narration of important elements and the human perception of the universe, the novel is as a whole more complete than the film. With these points, it is irrefutable that The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy develops the theme of absurdity with more prowess than the film, resulting in a deeper understanding of absurdity, with a perspective that the reader can relate to. connect. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy introduces absurdity. in a more convincing way than the film. The drive of infinite improbability “passes through all points of the Universe” (Adams 80). After being ejected from an airlock, Arthur and Ford are rescued by the Drive with "the chance of rescue being 22079460347 to one" (Adams 67). Being saved despite astronomical improbability allows the novel to reinforce the theme of absurdity in a remarkable way. The novel's emphasis on absurdity differs greatly from the minimal effort expended in the film to obviously develop a source of absurdity in the universe, damaging The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Additionally, the novel's description of the search for reason amidst the predominant lack of reason adds a very important human element to the understanding of absurdity. As he suffered the effects of the Drive, "A million-gallon vat of custard spilled in the middle of the paper...of this ideology in a way that the reader can connect to." Through the foundation and attempt to understand the lack of reason, the clear narration of an important text, and a human perception of absurdity, the novel prominently transcends the absurdity presented in the film. Absurdity is presented as a school of thought in which humans attempt to answer and quantify the biggest questions of the universe, but ultimately come to the conclusion that the biggest answers are beyond us. As George Bernard Shaw said: “The more you learn, the more you know.” The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother learning? » Works Cited Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. London: Pan Macmillan Adult, 2002. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Real. Garth Jennings. With Martin Freeman, Mos Def. Photos of Touchstone, 2005.