Eric Link Writing Assignment Three In his publication, Understanding Philip K. Dick, Eric Link explores the influences on Philip K. Dicks, and how they affected his writing. Link suggests that a variety of factors in his life, from his twin's death, to declining mental health, caused Dick’s writing to be both captivating and pensive. Link asserts that Dick’s writing revolved around the ideas of “what is real, and what is human.”(47) In other words, Link is saying that Dicks often explores themes of objective versus subjective reality, as well as subjective “shifting perceptions” (78) of motifs such as good and evil. Furthermore, he observes how the paranoia, distrust of government, and technological advances in Dicks age inspired him