- Why do you think the author Phillip K. Dick chose not to tells us whether Deckard is an Android or not?
- Why do you think the author spent so much time describing to us that most of the animals are electronic, and that only the rich people can afford real animals?
- Based on the way Deckard speaks and behaves, how would you describe his personality?
- Based on Phillip's writing style, do you believe he is hopeful for the future?
- What character made the biggest impact on you, based on the narrative style? Why?
- Which chapter do you believe is the most emotionally gripping based narrative style?
- Does the mood of the story change throughout the novel? What is the mood?
- From which character's point of view do we get both sides of the story?
- Why do you think Phillip wrote about a promising future with a dark underlying story?
- Does the point of view the author chose to write the story in, influence the way you feel about the novel?
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Narrative Style/Point of View Questions
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1- I believe that the author chose not to tell us whether Deckard is an android or not for a couple of reasons. Firstly, one of the main highlights and strengths of the book is its element of mystery as to who is an android and who isn’t. For example, in just chapter five alone we are given these types of surprises. When Deckard used the Voigt-Kampff testing apparatus on Rachael Rosen, the results showed that she was an android but her family was able to convince Deckard, and readers, that she was actually human but with a lack of empathy. However, at the end of the same chapter, we find out that Rachael was an android after all and that Deckard was correct the first time. These surprises alone made this one of the better chapters in the whole book and it proves that surprises are one of the strengths of the book. Other examples of surprises as to who is an android and who isn’t would be Pris Stratton as well as many of the animals throughout the book. I believe that the author was trying to keep a level of wonder and suspense by not telling the readers if Deckard was an android or not. Secondly, whether Deckard was an android or not does not have a great affect on the plot of him killing androids. While it would have been an interesting plot twist if he was an android, the main conflict was Deckard against the androids. Therefore, that is why I believe the author chose not to tell us whether Deckard is an android or not.
ReplyDelete#6 I believe chapter 2 is the most emotionally gripping because it describes what Earth has been through and who still remains on Earth and why. Philip uses many different types of narrative techniques to create this chapter. Such as similes, metaphors, and imagery. The next paragraph from the novel is why I found this chapter so captivating. “Silence. I flashed from the woodwork and the walls; it smote him with an awful, total power, as if generated by a vast mill. It rose from floor, up out of the tattered gray wall-to-wall carpeting. It unleashed itself from the broken and semi-broken appliances in the kitchen, the dead machines which had not worked in all the time Isidore had lives here. From the useless pole lamp in the livingroom it oozed out, meshing with the empty and wordless descent of itself from the fly-specked ceiling. It managed in fact to emerge from every object within his range of vision, as if it- the silence- meant to supplant all thing tangible, Hence it assailed not only his ears but his eyes; as he stood by the inert TV set he experienced the silence as visible and, in its own way alive. Alive! He had often felt its austere approach before; when it came it burst in without subtlety, evidently unable to wait. The silence of the world could not rein back its greed. Not any longer. Not when it had virtually won.” This quote talks about silence and how it’s like a physical thing. Something that can hurt you. Philip uses very descriptive language and captivates the reader with clear images of the setting. When a reader can see what is being read, it helps bring the story to life.
ReplyDelete10- I feel as if it doesn't influence my feeling about the novel but rather allows me to become more involved with the story. It allows the reader to understand what each character feels and how they react mentally to each situation. Really if anything, this point of view style allows me to enjoy the book to a greater extent.
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ReplyDelete1. Why do you think the author Phillip K. Dick chose not to tells us whether Deckard is an Android or not?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea why, perhaps he wanted us to figure it out, maybe he wasn't sure if Rick was an android or humans. It's possible that Philip did say it and we missed it. There are many things that could have happened. I truly think that he, himself, didn't know if Rick was human or Android and he wanted us to figure it out for him.