Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

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Explanation and Analysis—Rick and John:

Rick Deckard and John Isidore, the novel's two main characters, serve as foils for each other. For different reasons, neither of them can emigrate. Both feel lonely and stuck in their lives. When they each become infatuated with one of a pair of doppelgänger androids, Rachael Rosen and Pris Stratton, their lives are upended. These twin femmes fatales bring Rick and John's belief systems crashing down around them.