Comparing Mercerism And Blade Runner

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After receiving the full experience of reading the novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and watching its film adaptation, Blade Runner, I could depict many differences between the two. One significant difference that I noticed was the practice of Mercerism. Mercerism is the novel’s main religion in which seeks to unite humanity, using the empathy boxes introduced to connect one to the rest of humanity and other living things; usually causing the characters to obtain “real” emotions and experiences of those around them. Though Mercerism was like any other religion, it had various views and was found to be phony. In spite of that, the adaptation of the practice of Mercerism lived on anyway. This practice succeeded in bringing humanity