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Arthur is laying on the ground in front of the bulldozer because a highway needs to be built and they need to knock down Arthur's house.
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Arthur's planet, Earth, is blown up by the Vogon's.
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Arthur and Ford catch a ride on the Vogon ship.
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Arthur and Ford are forced to listen to the horrible Vogon poetry.
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Arthur and Ford are suspended in space for 29 seconds until the other spaceship picks them up.
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Arthur and Ford are picked up on a stolen ship, because of the improbablility drive.
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Ford, Arthur, Trillian, Zaphod and Marvin land on Margrathea and see the mythical planet.
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Arthur talks to a Margrathean person named Slartibartfast about Earth and intelligent life on Earth.
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Arthur sees the creation of the new Earth.
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Arthur listens to the story about the meaning of life. The meaning of life is '42'.
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Arthur Dent has changed a lot throughout this novel. Arthur used to be very ignorant about the universe. He has learned a lot about the universe since he was picked up by the vogon's. When Arthur found out that mice were smarter than human's he was very surprised. Arthur is a lot smarter than before he left Earth.
