Dr. Dean Taciuch
George Mason University

Fall 2007

English 202:001
Essay 1 (Do Androids Dream/ Blade Runner)

The first essay for this class should be 5-7 pages (double-spaced), and should address some question pertaining to Phillip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? or Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner. A simple comparison / contrast between the novel and the film will be too broad; if you want to compare and contrast, you must focus on some specific issue.

Some possible topics are listed below (you are not limited to these topics, but I would like to know what other topics you are considering):

No matter what topic you choose, you will need to develop a thesis, not merely compare or state a fact. You will need to support this thesis with examples from the text (or the film). Outside sources are not required for this essay, but if they are used they must be cited using MLA style.

 

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