The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Analysis

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creation, the monster, failed. The monster is upset because he knows he will be forever alone in life. In “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” Arthur Dent’s new knowledge about the universe is helpful, but it also opens up new questions for him, he knows the meaning of earth is 42, but he does not know what it means so it is bittersweet for him. However aside from not knowing what 42 means, Arthur Dent’s thirst for knowledge has not been quenched he wants to know more about his new home, which is a good thing, “Since he was going to have to live in the place, he reasoned, he’d better start finding out something about it” (Adams 215). For Siddhartha his enlightenment led to spiritual happiness, which is exactly what he had been hoping for. As seen in these different literatures, knowledge is most definitely power, however it does not always yield good results, sometimes in cases like in Frankenstein, knowledge hurts (Andreason, Slyvia, and Wynee-Jones).
One thing that all of these books have in common, in relation to enlightenment is that they all take either negative stances or not stance towards religion. Siddhartha says that religion cannot fulfill his needs. In …show more content…
Some authors used enlightenment when referring to a coming of age/maturing theme, while other authors seem to view enlightenment as in finding hidden knowledge. For Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the theme of enlightenment is mostly seen in contrast to, The Enlightenment, which is why she seem to criticize the idea of formal education. In “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” although Arthur Dent finds hidden knowledge, but the real enlightenment comes from his journey through the galaxy searching for knowledge about his new home. The enlightenment that Siddhartha gets in “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse is more in reference to the Buddhist enlightenment which is other words is maturing of the
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