Humanity in Two Novels

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In this paper, the writer compares Phillip K. Dick's novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and the film adaptation, "Blade Runner." The essay is based on the quote at the end of "Blade Runner," in which Gaff says "It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?" It discusses Dick's ideas on the futility of human life and ways in which this theme was transferred onto the screen for the film.

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"The hopelessness of humanity is a consistent motif in Phillip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep as well as in the film adaptation Blade Runner. Both of these works attempt to illustrate that "there is no salvation," and that the fight against our impending deaths is hopeless. At the end of Blade Runner, Gaff says to Deckard "it's too bad she won't live. But then again who does"? This statement perfectly represents the idea of the hopelessness of humanity in both works of science fiction; we see the point being made about the futility of human lives because they will indisputably end sooner than later."

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