In Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? the distinction between humanity and artificial human life is tenuous. In the face of this existential crisis, humankind tries to maintain its identity by asserting superiority over that which threatens its place in society. Through the differing mindsets of humans and androids, Dick exposes the nature of humanity to oppress those who seek a place in the community. Android characters, which represent a persecuted class, are aware of the social inequity and lament their position as second class citizens. Television personality Buster Friendly compares the androids’ plight to that of slaves in “pre-Civil War Southern states” (Dick 17). Inspector Garland equates coming to earth with “breaking
