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        <title><![CDATA[What a great question! I think vision of dystopia remains with us,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What a great question! I think vision of dystopia remains with us, because for all the talk of progress and a bright future, we see constant set backs and glimpses of complete chaos. Every time there is a war, or problems that stem from greed, such as world hunger or even things like pandemics, we are reminded that we live in precarious times. Imagine living in Rwanda during their genocide. The point is that we can talk all we want about...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:58:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why has the concept of dystopia remained important to us over time, and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why has the concept of dystopia remained important to us over time, and what does this concept still have to tell us?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:40:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is there a hidden message in the end when Deckard travels to the Oregon...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is there a hidden message in the end when Deckard travels to the Oregon desert?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:30:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's really the center of the book; what seperates the androids from the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/why-androids-deserve-same-opportunities-rights-37607</link>
        <description><![CDATA[It's really the center of the book; what seperates the androids from the humans? What makes you human? This is a keynote in almost all the works by Phillip K. Dick. The interesting thing is, that when the difference between humans and animals are discussed, it's with the basis of intellect; that the humans are further developed. Or, that we are more civilized. Here, the androids are doing better in both conditions.
The androids are more...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:55:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How and why does Mercer "personally appear" to Deckard when killing the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/how-why-does-mercer-personally-appear-deckard-when-73811</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How and why does Mercer "personally appear" to Deckard when killing the last three andy's?  Is he hallucinating Mercer?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:37:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Isidore and Mercer are not the same people, yet this would be a very...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/john-isidore-mercer-same-person-13849</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Isidore and Mercer are not the same people, yet this would be a very good thesis/critical analysis of DADOES. Isidore, the special chickenhead who questions his surroundings and by the end of the novel lives more simplistically rather than being engulfed in consumerism and Mercer, the &quot;God&quot; figure of this story, constantly having to climb up the mountain to make humans and animals connect as a universal being, can be seen as one....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:44:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Andriods are just another race of human. Therefore they are just like...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Andriods are just another race of human. Therefore they are just like any other minority- be it black or hispanic.If the andriods are 3 laws compliant, they are not a threat to humans and could not abuse their rights.If there are andriods that can think on their own, how are they any different from a human? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:29:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why do androids deserve the same opportunities and rights as humans?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/why-androids-deserve-same-opportunities-rights-37607</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why do androids deserve the same opportunities and rights as humans?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:27:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is an element of Dick's novel that suggests that Deckard is more...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/what-penfield-mood-organ-3207</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This is an element of Dick's novel that suggests that Deckard is more machine than human: in the first paragraph, the &quot;merry&quot; surge of electricity brings Deckard to life, perhaps alluding to the electricity that animates Frankenstein's monster. The machine bring life to the human -- a great irony begins the novel. The mood organ really only appears in the first and last chapters, bracketing Deckard's experiences in the novel, and it...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:42:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No, they are two different people. Mercer is a charismatic figure whom...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[No, they are two different people. Mercer is a charismatic figure whom people have begun to worship. Isidore is one of Mercer's disciples. See the summary and character analysis in eNotes (linked below).]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:14:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Are John Isidore and Mercer the same person? ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Are John Isidore and Mercer the same person? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:57:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The story is told in third person limited. This means the narrator is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/what-perspective-novel-written-3999</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The story is told in third person limited. This means the narrator is not a character in the story and gives the reader the thoughts of two of the characters. We learn about the other characters by what they say.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 3 Jun 2007 12:56:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What perspective is the novel written in?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/what-perspective-novel-written-3999</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What perspective is the novel written in?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 3 Jun 2007 09:24:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Penfield Mood Organ is a device that allows one to choose their...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/what-penfield-mood-organ-3207</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Penfield Mood Organ is a device that allows one to choose their mood.

According to the web-source "Technovegly", "it is not clear, from the novel, exactly how the mood organ works. It seems to produce some sort of wave that acts selectively on different parts of the brain; the heart of the device is the Penfield Wave Transmitter.

In this excerpt, Rick Deckard is having an argument with his wife, and is looking for the right "tune" from...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 18:18:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the Penfield Mood Organ?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/what-penfield-mood-organ-3207</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the Penfield Mood Organ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 16:14:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Resch fears that he may be an android because he loves to kill.  Here is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/why-does-resch-think-he-may-an-android-2551</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Resch fears that he may be an android because he loves to kill.  Here is a the character analysis of Resch that you will find on the eNotes link below, as well as that of all the other characters:

Phil Resch is one of the bounty hunters working for the false policeman Garland. After revealing his own identity, Garland tells Deckard that Resch is an android because he hopes that Deckard will kill Resch—thus making him guilty of murder and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:44:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why does Resch think he may be an Android?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why does Resch think he may be an Android?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:59:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A fine question. Sure, if humans dream of humans, androids should dream...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/humans-dream-humans-why-wouldnt-androids-dream-2408</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A fine question. Sure, if humans dream of humans, androids should dream of themselves. However, a classic cure for insomnia was to count sheep. (The idea is essentially to bore yourself to death.) You can then see humans in dozens of classic cartoons dreaming of the sheep they were counting. By analogy, androids would then dream of electric sheep when they couldn't sleep.

The question, though, also points to a theme of the novel: how close...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:29:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If humans dream of humans why wouldn't Androids dream of electric sheep?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/q-and-a/humans-dream-humans-why-wouldnt-androids-dream-2408</link>
        <description><![CDATA[If humans dream of humans why wouldn't Androids dream of electric sheep?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:29:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It symbolizes himself and humanity (both the quality and the race).

He...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It symbolizes himself and humanity (both the quality and the race).

He can't tell reality from constructs any more, but he knows that something about the toad is precious. Perhaps it is the act of saving it and caring about it. However, the toad's value is real, no matter where it comes from. Likewise, his actions are real and matter, whether he is real or not, and whether they were programmed or not, they were his. (His actions are his as...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:51:20 PST</pubDate>
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