What happens when humans are exposed to a threat? In the texts Seven Themes for Modern Verse by Pete Porter, 1960’s and in The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, 1979 by Douglas Adams they talk about an incoming threat towards the human population. Even though the two texts speak of the same subject they also contain many differences. Such as language, structure and so on.
As previously mentioned there is something these two texts have in common. They both mention a threat towards the earth. In the first text “Seven Themes for Modern Verse” the author writes about taking shelter from a nuclear rocket strike and what they should do to stay safe, whilst in the adapted version from “The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to The Galaxy” you read about the moment when the vogons declared they were to obliviate the earth in order to make way for “the building of a hyperspatial express route”. this clearly shows that even though the texts speaks of the same theme they are still different in more than one aspect as the first text reflects on a more realistic scenario as it refers to a nuclear strike “a nuclear rocket strike of at least one thousand megatons has been launched by the enemy directly at our major cities” whilst the second is a fantasy novel shown by the use of aliens trying to destroy the earth. …show more content…
In the first text there is little to nothing when it comes to full stops or commas, which results in a more difficult way of reading the texts as it does not give the reader a chance to stop and take a breath. The same problem does not occur in text two, whereas the author has made sure to use both commas and full stops. Giving the text a lighter reading experience, as well giving more flow to the texts as it becomes easier to grasp the actual
As previously mentioned there is something these two texts have in common. They both mention a threat towards the earth. In the first text “Seven Themes for Modern Verse” the author writes about taking shelter from a nuclear rocket strike and what they should do to stay safe, whilst in the adapted version from “The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to The Galaxy” you read about the moment when the vogons declared they were to obliviate the earth in order to make way for “the building of a hyperspatial express route”. this clearly shows that even though the texts speaks of the same theme they are still different in more than one aspect as the first text reflects on a more realistic scenario as it refers to a nuclear strike “a nuclear rocket strike of at least one thousand megatons has been launched by the enemy directly at our major cities” whilst the second is a fantasy novel shown by the use of aliens trying to destroy the earth. …show more content…
In the first text there is little to nothing when it comes to full stops or commas, which results in a more difficult way of reading the texts as it does not give the reader a chance to stop and take a breath. The same problem does not occur in text two, whereas the author has made sure to use both commas and full stops. Giving the text a lighter reading experience, as well giving more flow to the texts as it becomes easier to grasp the actual