Short Story 'Beyond Lies The Wub'

In the short story “Beyond Lies the Wub”, the fact that the author picked the wub and Odysseus for his story is because there exists a similarity between those two characters. According to Philip K. Dick, the wub is a pig look-alike creature belongs to a very old race that has the ability to do telepathy and even mind control. After Captain Franco decides to kill the wub and make a meal out of it due to the shortage of food on his spaceship, the wub, with its ability, is able to take control over Captain Franco’s body and mind. This ending of the story is connected with the reference about Odysseus which Dick has mentioned early in his story. Odysseus is a legendary Greek hero and famous for his idea of the “Trojan Horse”. The “Trojan Horse”