Rick Deckard is the novel's protagonist. He is a bounty hunter with the San Francisco Police Department. Rick begins the novel as a selfish, self-involved cop who sees no value in android life. By the end of the novel, his experiences have caused...
The Question and Answer section for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Rick Deckard is the novel's protagonist. He is a bounty hunter with the San Francisco Police Department. Rick begins the novel as a selfish, self-involved cop who sees no value in android life. By the end of the novel, his experiences have caused...
Empathy is the main theme of the novel and is the crux on which Dick's metaphysical reflection on the meaning of life hangs. Each character in the novel must deal with what it means to be empathetic and whether that allows someone to be valued as...
Any narrative that examines the nature of being and existence can be said to be said to be existentialist. What does it mean to be human and does being human really matter anyway? These are some of the main questions that Dick poses to the reader....