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    to terms with the violation of an identity‚ by blurring the lines between good and evil‚ humans in the novel segregate themselves from constructed beings. It is the flaw of rationality that keeps androids from experiencing life and‚ thus‚ gives Rick Deckard the obligation to retire them. This hazy contrast of good and evil‚ the real and the unreal‚ is epitomized in the conflict of existence between Mercerism and the Buster Friendly Show. Throughout the novel‚ Buster uses “off-the-cuff jibes” and “guffaws”

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    "For the Sake of Humanity" Comparative Essay : Brave New World to Nineteen Eighty-Four and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The term "dystopia" aptly applies to all three of these novels in that each story is set in a future where society is less attractive than it is now. All three books are prefaced with a cataclysmic event that results in a dramatic change in society to address and avoid the perceived problems of present-day. Although each author takes a different approach to the solution

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    by dialogue. Bryant is the head of the police department that Deckard used to be a blade runner for. After Deckard retired‚ he was arrested and asked in a life-threatening matter to join the force again and hunt for replicants. Bryant states after Deckard tries to walk out on him‚ “Stop right where you are. You know the score pal. If you ’re not cop‚ you ’re little people” (Blade Runner). Bryant is indirectly stating that if Deckard does not try to help him kill the replicants‚ eventually the replicants

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    dream (which he does not relate to anyone in this story) therefore how could Almos’ character know of the significance unless Deckard himself had implanted memories and thus‚ was also a replicant (the way he proved to Rachel that she was a replicant by telling her her own memories that she had revealed to no one). This would also explain the missing replicant (it is Deckard himself) who has been reprogrammed to “retire” the others. If this is the case‚ this would mean that not only could replicants

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    MAC 170: INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES ASSIGNMENT ONE – FILM ANALYSIS FILM CHOSEN: Blade Runner (1982) EXTRACT: INT – Sebastian’s Building‚ starting with the shot of Deckard climbing up the wall. Duration: 9 minutes (Chapter 30‚ Blade Runner: The Final Cut‚ 2007) The following essay will be a close analysis of an extract from the 1982 film Blade Runner‚ which was directed by Ridley Scott. Blade Runner is a science-fiction film based on the book ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep’ which

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    slaves. He does not even think about the fact that he is creating a life but is giving it conditions and making it live in fear. Leon says to Deckard ’painful living in fear isn’t it’. The humans don’t realize that the replicants are experiencing emotions just as they do‚ and when Leon reverses the roles and shows Deckard what it’s like to live in his shoes‚ Deckard still continues treating the replicants as just machines. The entire world is operating as a business‚ this is why the term ’execution’ is

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    origami figure (man) Eye laboratory Extreme conditions – cold Reflects environments in Frankenstein Leon sticks his hand in liquid nitrogen – shows they are replicants “If only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes” Detective element – Deckard tracking down the snake skin Rachel at Deckard’s apartment “Implants. Those aren’t your memories‚ they’re someone else’s. They’re Tyrell’s nieces” Modern features‚ but rundown Degradation of the city Constant rain Extreme condition – reflects

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    Dream of Electric Sheep?” by American writer Philip K. Dick‚ was adapted to a feature film in 1982 by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. “Blade Runner” is a neo-noir science-fiction film about a dystopian Los Angeles in 2019 where a Blade Runner – Deckard – has to ‘retire’ four replicants who have escaped from an off-world colony. The film is directed by Ridley Scott and produced by Michael Deeley. Todorov’s narrative theory of equilibrium can be applied to Blade Runner. The opening sequence of the

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    Deckard breaking out of the shell of being a slave to the morality of guilt and resentment is when he took a leap of faith and is seen as the Knight of Infinite Resignation and Faith. The Knight of Infinite Resignation as Kierkegaard states in Fear and Trembling “is the experience of giving up what one holds dearest and reconciling oneself with the pain of that loss. They take pleasure in everything and is involved in the world but not disconnected from it. The Knight of Infinite Resignation is not

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    1. Discuss the symbolism of the eye. As you know‚ the eye is considered as window to the soul. In this film‚ the symbolism of the eye is the human emotions. Until now‚ although the science and technology have highly upward steps‚ they cannot create the eye that similar to human eye. In film‚ Chew‚ the eye marker‚ uttered "if only you could.....your eyes" that prove Roy’s eyes exactly the same as human eye. They are so valid and lively that absolutely show all emotions inside. 2. What is the significance

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