The Rabbit Hole

God Has Eaten Man.

Second ISU – Rough Outline

Thesis:
Dick chooses to explore the consequences of an android controlled world through both his novels; “Do androids Dream of Electric Sheep” and “The Man in the High Castle”. The author uses “Do Androids…” as the backbone of the story, with the roles, characters and plotline clearly evident. However, “The Man…” provides the meaning behind the story, and portrays the emotions and views, which are assumed in “Do Androids…” but not outwardly expressed.

Reason:
- Parallels between treatment of war losers by war winners and androids by humans.
- The final realization of the truth.
- (The nazi’s actually lost the war, and the bounty hunter falls in love with an android)

Reason:
- Parallels between the appearance and culture of the races and the appearance and culture of the androids/humans.
- Ex: Germans described as having lack of knowledge about others, ignoring fats of reality and identifying with god’s power. The androids could be described much in the same way.

Reason:
- “Do Androids…” is in fact a re-titled and rewritten version of “The Grasshopper Lies Heavy”, a fictional novel read by the characters of ‘The Man…” that depicts the truth of their situation.
- They are androids perhaps…

Note: Please comment and give me suggestions! If you need clarification on any of the points, seeing as you may not have read these books, just ask. I’m looking for constructive criticism here.