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S Alvarez
English 12-2
11 December 2015
Why Regret Affects our Lives
Defined by the english dictionary, regret means to feel sorrow or remorse due to past occurrence
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This can also be triggered by a person, object, scenario, and much more
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As mentioned in Douglas Adams book, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, he emphasizes mostly
on how people react and express regret and depression when presented with life threatening situation
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A regular phrase continuously used in the book is “DON’T PANIC”, which is completely paradoxical
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He
makes this book wonderful because he compares the main character’s adventure in the vast space
to a common high school experience
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This is really ironic because in the beginning of the book, Arthur Dent’s house is being
demolished to build a bypass
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After realizing what happened, Arthur Dent joins Ford Prefect and Zaphod Beeblebrox (Part-time galactic president) on a journey to fix what happened earlier regarding Earth being wipped out by the universe’s constructers
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This gives the book a
comic relief from the continuous negativity from Arthur Dent and Marvin’s comments
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He
is seen as a vessel that spreads regret and depression to the whole group while roaming the galaxy
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In its totality,
Arthur lowers the team’s self-esteem which affects their performance and desire to reach their
goal
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"Don't Panic
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Regarding the previous point, the depression in the group will lower
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When Arthur transforms, the
team’s morale suddenly boosts and gain more ambition to complete their task
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This could
have ended in huge negative impact
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One example that
shows his depressing tone is: “Arthur: ““Marvin, any ideas?” Marvin: “I have a million ideas
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” Another clear sign that Marvin is a close second on spoiling the
whole crew with depression is when he says: “I’m not getting you down at all am I” (Douglas

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80)
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A
character tries to keep a positive mood in this book is Trillian (Earth woman who met Zaphod at
a party in her planet and left with him to a journey throughout the universe), who tries to remember the good times she had on planet Earth before she left until they show her the footage of her
home planet being wiped out
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In effect, Arthur Dent’s
decides to change his perspective of the situation
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This change is seen when the group complete their objectives one after
the other
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In this book, the author uses many forms to express depression and regret in different
ways
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One of the quotes in the book that demonstrates a great
example is when Marvin says: ““Funny,” he [Marvin] intoned funereally, “how just when you
think life can’t possibly get any worse it suddenly does” (Douglas 151)
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Although depression and regret is shown throughout the book, their are times that witty
comments pop up
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Here he
shows a bit of effort to lift the team’s spirit when Arthur Dent or Marvin shoot the crew’s produc-

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tivity down
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The complete form of this problem is the solution of the original problem that Arthur
Dent had
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He also reached “eternal peace” when he meets a mysterious man in a deserted place
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When they reached their destination, the
mysterious man surprises Arthur Dent with the replica that was built for planet Earth
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This is
shown when he arrives at his house, sits down and drink a cup of tea alone and in peace
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Arthur Dent also
brings planet Earth back since since the galaxy destroyed it for transportation purposes
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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