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rosalindquinn
rosalindquinn
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High School - 12th Grade

Are John Isidore and Mercer the same person?

Isidore and Mercer have really similar pasts. Just trying to make sure it's not coincidence.

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Posted by rosalindquinn on Tuesday December 11, 2007 at 4:57 PM and tagged with androids, do androids dream of electric sheep?, isidore, mercer, philip k dick.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    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).

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    http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/character-analysis
    http://www.enotes.com/androids-dream/one-page-summary

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    Posted by linda-allen on Thursday December 13, 2007 at 1:14 PM

  2. cyberpunk
    cyberpunk Student
    College - Freshman

    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 "God" 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. Based on the beliefs of Mercerism that is...

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    Posted by cyberpunk on Thursday December 11, 2008 at 10:44 PM