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    Alissa Jane D. Madlangsakay CpE 4B Reaction Paper: The Core Movie Watching a science fiction film was always tricky. For a viewer to enjoy a sci-fi film the narrative must atleast be able to explain the scientific concepts in a simple‚ crystal clear manner. The Core’s script did perfectly well. Also‚ I recently acquired further knowledge about the Earth’s interior so I found myself having no difficulty on understanding and acknowledging the geological facts in the story. Despite basic

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    What is Human? : Examining Humanity in DADOES When reading Phillip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep‚ it is clear to see that one of the main issues in the novel is with humanity. The main characters struggle to defend humanity throughout the text‚ and divide their population based on what it means to be “human”. It is very apparent that there are a number of factors defining humanity within this novel; such as empathy‚ eugenics‚ and technology. These factors work together to create a

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    The Fall of Mercerism and Possible Transcendence of Technology: How religion shapes reality for androids and humans “You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life‚ to be required to violate your own identity.” (p. 177). Philip K. Dick discusses the imprecise nature of good and evil in his novel‚ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep‚ as a method of separating his fictional androids from the human protagonists. This dichotomy emphasizes the role of empathy

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    In the movie “Wall-E” the main character is two robots‚ one is called Walle and another one is Eve. Since they barely have the capacity to talk with each other which makes giving a speech impossible‚ they still can say each other’s name in different tone to express different emotion. Also‚ they use body language and eye contact to communicate. For example‚ when Eve finds out she lost the plant‚ the tone of her voice which calls Wall-E is different from the tone in usual. It shows the different emotion

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    French politician Marion Marechal-Le Pen once said‚ “I have empathy; I am humane. I understand human misery.” Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? challenges the dichotomy between human and non-human species. Dick’s fundamental contention is that humans are dependent upon interactions with living creatures‚ and he further asserts that androids are‚ in fact‚ not human. Humans are inclined to bond to other living beings via social interaction. Such bonds transpire only through

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    The two futuristically apocalyptic novels‚ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick and The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin‚ masterfully demonstrate the ways in which a severe change in external circumstances and surroundings can cause a new dynamic in your internal perspectives. Both authors display how the need to adapt can lead to intense modifications in characterization of the protagonists in these novels. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is a riveting science

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    Throughout the years‚ technology has become an increasingly important aspect of our everyday lives. Philip K. Dick explores the consequences brought about by a reliance on technology‚ such as the loss of individuality‚ in his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep through the allusion to Edvard Munch’s works “The Scream” and “Puberty”. To begin‚ as Rick is described in the novel as being very reliant on his Pennfield mood organ when he decides to “dial what’s on [his] schedule for today" (Dick

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    when an individual thinks of Artificial Intelligence a few things come to mind such as the HAL 9000 system‚ known as “the inimitable star of the classic Kubrick and Clarke film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’”(Picard 2001)‚ others will think of the movie “Blade Runner”‚ this film featured an alternate future where a group of individuals were responsible for tracking down cyborg humans known as “Sims” which were so human like they actually were unaware that they weren’t actually humans (Scott‚ Fancher et al.

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    good arguments‚ but with modern testing and with the proof of growth in society that comes with technology it can be hard to believe everything he says. Carr’s beliefs on artificial memory run side by side with some major plot points in the film “Blade Runner.” Nicholas Carr makes the case that it’s not just the content of our thoughts that are changed by the phones and computers we use‚ but also the make up of our brains. Our ability to have certain kinds of thoughts and experiences can

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    They tell more than just the story‚ but the underlying thoughts behind the film. This can be seen in Blade Runner by Ridley Scott‚ THX 1138 by George Lucas‚ and Children of Men by Alfonso Cuaron‚ as the landscapes help develop the complexity of the story. The directors of these films use setting and landscape to express and contribute to the development of the main argument of each film. In Blade Runner‚ Ridley Scott immediately constructs a dark‚ gloomy‚ and worn out Los Angeles to convey the main

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