the restaurant at the end of the universe

The story is pretty much about the same things as the first part: About the insignificance and insanity of many of the things we do, about the bizarrity of the universe and everything in it and about not taking life too seriously. In contrary to Arthur he likes space travel, especially because he had been stuck on Earth for fifteen years because there were no rides to hitch.

But he is smart too and he knows a lot about space travel, being an editor for the Guide and all. He is a calm Englishman and is not very much exited by the space travel and all that, he would rather go home and sip his tea.įord on the other hand, a good friend of Arthur's is a busy guy, always talking and meddling in everybody's business. Main characters in detail Arthur has somewhat developed since the first part of the `trilogy' and is now more involved in what happens around him, but still he doesn't get much of what's going on. The last three persons were the complete crew of the Heart of Gold until Ford and Arthur joined them in the first part. Zaphod is also the president of the universe and he has two heads. And finally there is Zaphod Beeblebrox, a friend from Ford's youth, who is also an alien from Betelgeuse. There is Trillian, an Earth woman, and marvin the Paranoid Android, he is a chronically depressed robot. Main characters and their relation to each otherĪrthur Dent is one of the main characters, he is a simple human from earth, he has a friend, Ford Prefect, who is an alien from Betelgeuse, he is an editor for the Guide.

The restaurant at the end of the universe