Tuesday, February 26, 2008
PETA
I believe that PETA is an awesome organization and I agree fully with their actions. I consider myself an animal rights activist and love that PETA works so hard to prove that animal cruelty is wrong. Vegetarianism can be very beneficial, especially to those poor little cows, chickens, and pigs that are brutally slaughtered everyday to be processed and fed to humans who don't even know how diseased or awfully treated the animal was. Also, being a vegetarian makes for a healthier lifestyle free from the harmful chemicals present in processed meat. GO VEG!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Chapters 3-5
Rick Deckard is a very complex character. I am having trouble deciding whether or not there are any real human beings in this novel. If these people use an artificial mood organ, how are they human? Wouldn't they be classified as androids if their moods are artificial? What really confuses me is that Rick obviously has emotions that are not ones that he "dialed". How could he possibly think that he was fooled into thinking that Rachael was an android, but then figuring out that he was fooled into thinking that she wasn't and that he was set up to think that she was...if that makes any sense. I just don't see how he has an instinct like this (to check one last time because he knows his test is correct) if he doesn't somehow "dial" this instinct into the Penfield mood organ.
Elden Rosen is a little sketchy. He creates what Rick thinks is a Nexus-6 android and asks Rick to perform the Voigt-Kampff test on "her" (Rachael). Elden Rosen makes Rick think that he is being fooled into thinking she is an android, when she is really Rosen's 'innocent niece'. Here's the confusing part: Rachael is really an android and Rosen wants Rick to think he was fooled, but the test was correct the whole time. I don't understand why Rosen is getting the police department to hunt down the Nexus-6 androids when the Rosen Association is responsible for creating these things and obviously knows how to identify them. I think the Elden Rosen is not to be trusted and Rick Deckard should be skeptical about working for him.
My Questions:
1.) Why is Rick Deckard, along with anyone else, considered a "normal" if he uses an artificial mood organ? Why is that "human"?
2.) How much does the mood organ really control if Rick still has some sort of instinct: if he could detect Rachael as an android without help from his mood organ?
3.) If the Rosen Association can create the Nexus-6, why can't they control them?
4.) Are the androids trying to eliminate all human beings? Is Earth going to consist of all imitation humans and animals if the androids have their way?
5.) Should androids be classified as inferior if humans and androids are merging (specials?)? How can the police department and the Rosen Association justify the reasons why the androids must be killed?
Elden Rosen is a little sketchy. He creates what Rick thinks is a Nexus-6 android and asks Rick to perform the Voigt-Kampff test on "her" (Rachael). Elden Rosen makes Rick think that he is being fooled into thinking she is an android, when she is really Rosen's 'innocent niece'. Here's the confusing part: Rachael is really an android and Rosen wants Rick to think he was fooled, but the test was correct the whole time. I don't understand why Rosen is getting the police department to hunt down the Nexus-6 androids when the Rosen Association is responsible for creating these things and obviously knows how to identify them. I think the Elden Rosen is not to be trusted and Rick Deckard should be skeptical about working for him.
My Questions:
1.) Why is Rick Deckard, along with anyone else, considered a "normal" if he uses an artificial mood organ? Why is that "human"?
2.) How much does the mood organ really control if Rick still has some sort of instinct: if he could detect Rachael as an android without help from his mood organ?
3.) If the Rosen Association can create the Nexus-6, why can't they control them?
4.) Are the androids trying to eliminate all human beings? Is Earth going to consist of all imitation humans and animals if the androids have their way?
5.) Should androids be classified as inferior if humans and androids are merging (specials?)? How can the police department and the Rosen Association justify the reasons why the androids must be killed?
Chapter 2
It's scary to me that dust killed the owls first because owls totally represent wisdom. I think that Phillip K. Dick is trying to symbolize the actual loss of wisdom from the human race and maybe also the loss of humans period. These "special" humans seem to be created by the dust too.
The empathy box is the scariest thing so far in this book. This kind of virtual reality is really interesting but seems so scary. Isidore is an old man in what I picture as a monk robe. WEIRD!
The empathy box is the scariest thing so far in this book. This kind of virtual reality is really interesting but seems so scary. Isidore is an old man in what I picture as a monk robe. WEIRD!
CHAPTER UNO!!
I definitely believe that the epigraph is significant in this book. The turtle that died totally ties in with the whole notion that real animals are so desired and create a sense of solidity. The fact that the turtle died made me think about how the last beings on Earth that were "real" were fading into electrical machines.
Also, this "Mercerism" reminds me a lot of communism. It seems as if Rick needs a real animal, like his neighbor, to have an equal amount of possessions. The animal on the roof thing is really strange, too. But I guess flying in hover machines is a little out of the ordinary as well.
Also, this "Mercerism" reminds me a lot of communism. It seems as if Rick needs a real animal, like his neighbor, to have an equal amount of possessions. The animal on the roof thing is really strange, too. But I guess flying in hover machines is a little out of the ordinary as well.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
February 19, 2008
First post! Woohoo! DADOES is pretty interesting so far...and extremely weird and freaky...
I hope Iran can dial out of despair.......ahhhhh
I hope Iran can dial out of despair.......ahhhhh
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