Why Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

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Do Androids dream of electric sheep? Is a science fiction story set in the future after World War Terminus, a nuclear holocaust. As a result earth is constantly sprinkled in radioactive dust. In this world there are androids who look identical to humans, in fact, only the smallest minutiae can give them away. But they have a flaw, since scientists could not solve cellular reproduction these robots are transitory and only last four years.Sometimes these androids go rogue, that is where Rick Deckard steps in. Rick is a bounty hunter for the San Francisco Police Department and his job is to find the rogue androids and annihilate it or “retire” it as they say in the story. In this collapsing world people could be identified as a “special” which means they are mentally disabled and not allowed to move to mars. When the Rosen corporation, which has a monopoly on the android business makes a new model, the Nexus Six. Rick is up for his hardest challenge yet, six almost undetectable robots on the loose, the reward, six thousand dollars. There is a catch, his superior, inspector Bryant wants the androids retired in twenty-four …show more content…

Isidore is an artless and reclusive special who is afraid to make a phone call. Most people make fun of him but he still get scared of almost everything this quote helps us understand that, “I d-d-don’t like to be c-c-called a chicken-head. I mean, the d-d-dust has d-d-done a lot to you, too, physically. Although maybe n-n-not your brain, as in m-my case.” I’m fired, he realized.” He likes to vaunt about his job and complies with every command that anyone gives him. The remaining three androids go to Isidor’s apartment under the pretext that Rick is a heartless killer coming for them. Since Isidore tries as hard as he can to be beneficent he lets them in. When Rick finds the androids he very effectively retires them and collects his money. After this episode Rick is exhausted and goes home to his wife only to find that an android killed his