What If By Randall Munroe Sparknotes

The book What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe is a book that includes a series of hypothetical questions that the author, a famous American cartoonist, tries to explain or answer in a scientific and clear way. However, this book is not a good book because it has no plot, doesn't involve developed characters and also has no chronological sequence. To begin, the book does not have a plot. This can be seen in the text, it states, “A brief story the official record for the fastest manmade object is the Helios 2 probe, which reached about 70 km/s in a close swing around the Sun” (Munroe, 58). This quote shows the small interruption made by the author in the middle of his answer. Although What If doesn't have an overall plot, it essentially has small
This can be seen throughout multiple questions in the book. One excerpt from the text states, “Seconds pass. Everyone looks around. There are a lot of uncomfortable glances. Some coughs.” (Munroe, 44). As shown by the quote, none of the characters in this question are developed. Developed characters are characters that are repeated and emphasized throughout a story. Lastly, this book does not contain developed characters and frankly any characters at all leading it to be a bad book. One main factor that leads What If to being a bad book is that it doesn't not follow a chronological sequence. This can be seen from the text, “Weird (and worrying) questions from the What If? Inbox, #1” (Munroe, 14). As seen from the quote, the book strays from its normal sequence and starts adding in questions that are unanswered, unlike the 13 pages prior. Also seen form the quote, there is no chronological order the questions reside in. Meaning that reading one question will not lead into the next as they are completely irrelevant to one another. A good book is one that builds up plot throughout the beginning to the end of the