1)   Bruce Fisk’s A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus is a fictional story about a man named Norm who is traveling across the world on a journey to challenge his faith. Throughout the first chapter the reader slowly begins to discover Norm’s motivation for the trip, he had studied religion at a university and is now interested in challenging his faith by studying the Gospels in the Holy land. During his fight over, he begins discussing his faith with the woman sitting beside him, who is also on a trip in relation to her faith. She asks him about research he had done on a few famous authors until they make it to their destination.

2)   The first chapter of Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus prepares the reader to go along side Norm on his journey. This chapter also helps the reader understand what Norm’s purpose is and sets you up for what to expect to learn from his journey. So far we learn that the trip is not going to be easy and that it is going to challenge the view of Christians such as Norm. This book will allow Christians to see a different side of Jesus than the image we have created of him.




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