By Amir Ali Said
Today marks the fourth week I've been in literary club. Today's discussion was very helpful in my comprehension of the first book in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I learned a lot of things I never knew about this book. For one, I never knew that The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was part of pop culture. Until two weeks ago I didn't even know a book existed. Now come to find out The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is quoted and discussed as part of pop culture. I only thought a small group of people knew or read this book.
Number two, I didn't know that Douglas Adams (author) was an atheist. This group of people, Atheist' don't believe in the notion of a god. In the book Adams gives hints to his beliefs. This really comes out in a scene where there is a fish talking to what is suppose to be God. In this scene, the fish says that God can't exist. There I wondered if Adams was an atheist, and during the discussion I realized that he was. Also, I looked him up and found out that he considers himself to be a "radical atheist."
After the discussion at literary club today I came away with a much better understanding of the first book in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. This understanding helped me get a better grasp of book one. It also gave me more fuel to want to read book one again to see if I missed anything. With literary club, I think we all get a better understanding of the books we read.


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