Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Questions and Answers: Chapter 2

Questions
1. What is a “special”?

2. Why does Isidore use his empathy box?

3. Who is Wilbur Mercer?

4. What does the empathy box depict?

5. How does the story involving Mercer affect users of the empathy box?

Answers
1. A “special” is a human being who has sustained mental damage from the radioactive dust covering Earth.

2. Isidore uses his empathy box for companionship. Isidore lives in isolation and the empathy box makes him feel as though he is not alone.

3. Humans on...



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