Religion by definition is a strong belief in a supernatural power that controls human destiny.In the modern world, there are various diverse faiths to practice and follow. Such is not the case in the futuristic dystopian world that hosts the novel...

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a tormented exploration of the nature of what it means to be human. The Protagonist is a bounty hunter chasing human simulations known as “androids” and he struggles with his feelings about the task of...

Philip K. Dick’s <i>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep</i> (a novel) and Ridley Scott’s <i>Blade Runner</i> (a film) insist comparison: Ridley Scott’s film is based on the story told by Philip K. Dick’s novel. These works...

Human history is rife with episodes of mass purgings, genocides, and tyrannies, driven by an ideal for purity that transcends all else. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, a dystopian society re-establishes itself in the...

In his novella ‘Minority Report’, author Phillip Dick outlines the ambitious nature of human beings and through the representation of characterization and the setting which reflects upon the pessimistic ideas which Dick possesses about human...

The cinematic adaptation of Phillip K Dick’s thrilling science-fiction story Minority Report captures perfectly the futuristic noir feel of the original. However, the movie’s plotline, characters and central themes contain major dissimilarities....

In the dystopic society of Philip K. Dick’s “Minority Report,” prophetic data regarding potential crime is obtained by Precognitive beings, or “Precogs,” in an effort to abolish the ineffectual post-punitive justice system initially in place....

In science fiction, composers challenge traditional perspectives on humanity in order to investigate the way in human form influences power dynamics within texts, which is conveyed through the use of a variety of forms and features in response to...

One can argue that The Sixties began with the end of World War II. After all, life was never quite the same again for people all over the world after the war. A new world had emerged: a scary world where millions of people had just died from...

Idiostyle is a structurally united and internally related system of means and forms of verbal expression used by a writer, or simply an individual writing style. In linguistics, the concept of idiostyle is associated with a certain choice, the...