Essay Comparing Frankenstein And Blade Runner

Humans have tried to control nature since they figured out that they could grow enough crops to feed everyone and have an excess. Creation stories were created by humans to explain how their world came to be. These stories show how different cultures feared different things. Frankenstein and Blade Runner show the fear of a superhuman creation that is devastating to the humans who created it. The creation stories humans create show that humans fear themselves more than anything else. In the Ugandan creation story the world is created by an all powerful and distant god who then leaves the world under the control of his kids, sun, moon, rain, and darkness. These children fight over control of the world while the heart tries to find the god by leading the humans to search for him. This puts pressure on the humans to find god for …show more content…
He knows that Roy killing him is his only salvation from a world that he can't leave. He didn't leave earth, probably because of a problem with his eyes, and therefore doesn't live where replicants are legal and abundant. Both Frankenstein and Tyrell are kept from living with their creation by the societies they are a part of. Victor through the fear of what people will do if they find out, and Tyrell through the laws limiting who can live off-world. The societies are afraid of people and monsters who are smarter or stronger than everyone else. If the possibility of death at any time exists, you will be afraid all the time. For the creations who are designed to be stronger and smarter than anyone else, this possibility is nonexistent. The replicants know that they have a four year lifespan, but they know that their life will be four years unless the break the law. Frankenstein’s creation knows that no human can kill him, because only Victor and his friend know of his existence, and Victor can't bring himself to kill his