Sammy at the end of the story can no longer be considered alive in my personal opinion. After having his hand amputated, he was still alive and could function. Having his digestive system removed, no problem, he’s still alive. Sammy’s head was removed from his failing body and placed on a brand new robotic body, that’s fine, weird, but fine. Throughout all of these things Sammy is still alive, maybe not living life to its fullest as he is restrained first to a life support system and then to a robot, but he is still alive. No matter the condition of his physical body Sammy remained alive, this was due to the fact that he had constant brain function. When Sammy was on the robotic body, he controlled movement through electrical impulses sent
