The Galaxy's a fun place." (Pg 47) Escapism is not unordinary in real life.
As far as humanity is concerned, there is no such thing as "ordinary," although the average person does not have "ordinary" dreams (although they may be entitled to deny it). Here, we find that fantasy defies all that in society and proves that it has no limits. This is expressed throughout the story, in which Arthur is completely in loss of a normal life. Now in the universe, a very strange place, there is no limit to Arthur's discoveries. In our minds, if we chose to, we can fly, we can breathe underwater, or we can run exceptionally fast. These are imaginary, however, Joseph Campbell states "Myths are spiritual potentialities of the human life." We can escape the boundaries of "ordinary thinking." At a time when the subconscious is given its moment to shine, it is when fantasy is at its greatest and most colourful. We find things that could never possibly occur in real life. A million-gallon vat of custard upended itself over them without warning. (Pg 66) This is a good example, for this prospect is impossible to achieve - speaking in terms of reality, that is. " there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk about this script for Hamlet they've worked out." (Pg 68) This is silly and random, and so is: Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet. (Pg 102) We experience, throughout Adams" book, a sense of randomness and absurdity, and yet it is most entertaining to read. This simply radiates with a flexibility of thought.
Because fantasy is so flexible, it can be ridden with all forms of genre: drama, romance, mystery, action, horror, comedy but most important of all, reality of fantasy (a contradiction, but very "probable"). "The Babel Fish is small, yellow and leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the universe.