In Douglas Adams' novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect journey through an imperfect galaxy plagued by a lack of individuality. In The Seven Deadly Sins Today, Henry Fairlie ventures that this galactic epidemic is related to the transmission of immorality throughout the world. Douglas Adams uses satire and characterization to demonstrate how the human condition is flawed. Furthermore, Henry Fairlie appeals to the archetypal seven deadly sins to criticize human banality. Collectively, Adams's wit and Fairlie's bitterness encourage the reader to exercise their own identity. First, Douglas Adams satirizes modern society to outline the flaws that vex the face of humanity. Next, the characterization indicates that each person fights against their own fait accompli; however, some fight more ferociously than others. Finally, Henry Fairlie grudgingly acknowledges the seven deadly sins to represent the sinful commonalities of the world. Ultimately, the authors of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Seven Deadly Sins today accentuate a person's obligation to move from the stereotype to the atypical. Douglas Adams satirizes contemporary culture to denounce the greed and sadness of humanity. At the beginning of the novel, Adams omnisciently describes the main problem facing planet Earth: This planet has - or rather had - one problem, which was this: Most of the people who lived on it were unhappy for a long time. part of the time. Many solutions have been suggested for this problem, but most of these largely involved the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is strange because overall it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy. (1)This statement reveals... middle of the paper......apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue" ( ). Henry Fairlie, in his long diatribe on current culture The Seven Deadly Sins Today, offers a sincere warning to people gripped by acedia: «Diligence overcomes difficulties, acedia creates them» (98). In addition, people resort to acedia because in a state of boredom less energy is required sloth of today has even earned the slang name “couch potato.” And for all those degenerate drones, our industry has produced video games and TV dinners. Overall, Fairlie believes that once people adjust to the lifestyle of a sloth, lose their individuality in the lint-infested depths of the sofa In conclusion, Adams ironically suggests that human depression has reached such a critical point that it is starting to affect even objects that normally do not feel emotions..