In the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by P.K.D., two androids by the names of Roy and Irmgard Baty are married, a fact that provokes the question of the reasoning behind this marriage and the different themes that could be revealed through it’s existence. This analysis allows the reader to compare and contrast between this married relationship and the only other example of marriage in the novel, the marriage between Rick and Iran Deckard. The differences between the marital relationships of the Baty’s and the Deckard’s emphasizes the concept of androids being capable of compassion or empathy, while the relationships’ similarities reveals a new perspective on the author’s theme of loneliness.
The marriage of Roy and Irmgard Baty can be seen as strikingly different from the marriage of Rick and Iran Deckard, outside of the fact that one couple is made up of androids and …show more content…
An analysis of the two marriages reveals a difference in the treatment of one’s spouse, specifically in concerns to support of the spouse’s choices. While Iran Deckard openly chides her husband’s career from the very beginning of the novel, Irmgard Baty defends her husband to Pris by stating that, “‘If we get saved [...] it’ll be because of Roy’”(159). Another example of the differences between the marriages would be the fact that the Baty’s stay true to each other while Rick Deckard cheats on his wife by sleeping with Rachel Rosen. These examples could imply that the android couple represents an idealized version of marriage, or perhaps an idealized version of the Deckard’s marriage. This is surprising because one would expect the Deckard’s to show a better example of a proper marriage, being the human couple. Jill Galvan believes that, “a few of the androids [...] exhibit what appears to be caring for
The marriage of Roy and Irmgard Baty can be seen as strikingly different from the marriage of Rick and Iran Deckard, outside of the fact that one couple is made up of androids and …show more content…
An analysis of the two marriages reveals a difference in the treatment of one’s spouse, specifically in concerns to support of the spouse’s choices. While Iran Deckard openly chides her husband’s career from the very beginning of the novel, Irmgard Baty defends her husband to Pris by stating that, “‘If we get saved [...] it’ll be because of Roy’”(159). Another example of the differences between the marriages would be the fact that the Baty’s stay true to each other while Rick Deckard cheats on his wife by sleeping with Rachel Rosen. These examples could imply that the android couple represents an idealized version of marriage, or perhaps an idealized version of the Deckard’s marriage. This is surprising because one would expect the Deckard’s to show a better example of a proper marriage, being the human couple. Jill Galvan believes that, “a few of the androids [...] exhibit what appears to be caring for