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An Analysis Of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep

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Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Encapsulates American society as a complex diverse society which inherently cannot be polarized. Dick depicts this polarization using infectious imagery. With a dying agricultural American dream, American society seeks to define itself with respect to its spreading, germinating fears and desires. While empathy infects the masses through Mercer’s promise of transcendence, lack of empathy infects the masses through a fearful desire to weed out androids no matter the cost. In this game of tug of war, the national identity is pulled to the center. The nation is full of androids. The nation is full of ‘specials’. The nation is both. America is what it fears and what it loves. Do androids dream
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