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In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Phillip K. Dick introduces another bounty hunter, Phil Resch, who joins to work with Rick Deckard. Although they both originally believe to share the same motives, Deckard soon discovers that his interpretation of empathy is different from Resch's. His new perspective challenges the idea of whether or not empathy should be the characteristic that defines the human experience. Phil Resch is the ideal bounty hunter. He doesn't ever feel any remorse for the…

characteristics help add to the heroes and help them throughout their quest. Heros go through quests and have to undertake certain challenges. These are cut into sections, such as Separation, Initiation, and Return. These can be broken down even further. Sling Blade I believe portrays the main character, Karl, well. Karl is the hero in the film. Many would say he was an anti-hero. He does not do things a hero would usually do, but he still accomplishes his hurdles and sacrifices himself for his…

After a National War What does person think when they imagine the future? Some people thought of science fiction movie, while others thought of Ray Bradbury. The author of my IGS book, the testing, imagined a unique dystopian future. Like all futuristic science fiction, Joelle Charbonneau used extrapolation to describe and characterize the future in The Testing. Extrapolation is the act of inventing unknown conflict, challenges, and animal. The first example of extrapolation is War of Nation.…

Justin Ramos Mr. Banks Science Fiction Period 1 16 December, 2017 In the novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, there are many questions that the author makes readers question. For example, what makes a living being human?, how are androids and humans different?, and is his view of human nature essentially positive, negative, or both? These questions make the reader more engaged in the novel and really gives Philip’s thoughts on these questions as well. The first…

Technology has created a society where most people have no idea on how to satisfy their needs. People rely on technology and other sophisticated systems for their care. We use our phones to navigate, keep in touch, and buy food shipped from all over the world. Even obtaining water is as simple as lifting a simple lever and water flows from a tap. Although this suggests that simpler times were better, it doesn’t change the fact that technology has isolated us from our fundamental human capacities…

The DC flick Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice displayed a completely new Lex Luthor, who may seem to be an eccentric genius but actually turns out to be a sociopath hell-bent on destroying Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel as well as Ben Affleck’s Caped Crusader. Luckily, Jesse Eisenberg’s character has been arrested in the film and is currently facing jail time. However, his company LexCorp Industries is officially washing their hands of Luthor by issuing a statement on Instagram! The official…

By Vaughn Heppner The name of my book is Invaders which is a science fiction story written by Vaughn Heppner. The main character in this story is Logan who is ex military and he wants to protect the earth and the human race from being destroyed. The only thing standing in his way is aliens. Logan was in the Nevada desert when he was kidnapped by the aliens. He was able to escape his captives and he ended up in Greenland. In Greenland he discovers an extraterrestrial ship and he decides to…

Hey journal, its day 60 and I’m still stuck on this black water dirt planet called earth. Hhhhhhhhhh, I miss Nevermond, I miss laying down and tacking a nice bath and most of all I miss Grim my pet robot. I’m almost finished repairing my ship, all I need is a hyper drive, a clocking device and laser blaster to defend myself off from the asteroids that crashed me here in the first place. Now where will an alien like me Clank get those types of instruments and how will I get it without getting…

The Kawakawa Indians had a great ability to imagine, which means they could use flint (rock) for weapons or tools. They didn’t have any fishing rods or fishing hooks like we do, so they used their arrows and traps to fish. The Karankawa's favorite weapon, the weapon they are famous for, is the long bow. The Karankawa used powerful bows that were as long as the bow user was tall. Remember, the Karankawa men were often over 6 feet tall. The arrows they used were long lengths of slender cane.…

Humans that have a complete lack of empathy are diagnosed with a mental illness, possibly narcissistic or antisocial personality disorder. They are seen as sick or can even be seen as inhuman. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick attests that a person’s humanity lies in his ability to feel empathetic, and to be without empathy is to be inhuman. Rick Deckard makes his living as a bounty hunter retiring escaped androids. An android’s lack of empathy is the only defining…