Comparing Brave New World And Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep connects to my life and my society because most of my friends have pets, “animals”, and I am the one friend who does not. Just like the main character, Rick, in Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, the people around me have animals and I do not. I own a robotic dog and Rick owns an electric sheep. We both constantly strive for a real animal, yet we always fall short. For example, Rick used to have a real sheep and it died of tetanus. I used to have a real dog, but my parents got rid of it because we could not afford to keep it. Rick and I live in a society where we are judged for our possessions. In his society, it is immoral to not have an animal. In my society, one is perceived as poor or disregarded. Disregarded meaning: not talked to or ignored. Life can be cruel, especially if one lives in Rick and my type of society. …show more content…
Dick’s Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep connects to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World because Rick and John both isolate themselves towards the end of the novel. Both Rick and John, from these novels, isolate themselves and learn something either about himself or his society. John learns that the Brave New World dehumanizes people and is not morally just. After Rick experiences his emotional journey in Oregon, he changes and feels that he was an unempathetic human being. Both of these characters make change in their mental state and either change for the better or the worse. In John’s case, he commits suicide. In Rick’s case, he returns home with his new electric toad and lives out his life as a changed