Phil Resch, a man who we are lead to believe is an android who has been implanted with false memories into thinking that he is not actually an android but a bounty hunter, also displays signs of a disturbing lack of empathy. He shows this in his dealings with other androids, people and his attitude towards killing. When Deckard and Reish meet they end up teaming up to go back for Luba Luft for a second time (deckard had ended up getting himself arrested by android police officers after his first attempt) and during this entire meeting and capturing of Luba, the reader is meant to be under the impression that Reish is very likely to be an android, with multiple people confirming his identity and the reader feels reaffirmed by his behavior, especially…show more content… He puts a down payment on a goat and brings it back home to his wife, Iran, who for the first time in the novel, appears to be happy with and proud of her husband. He then leaves the house and finishes his kills and not much later returns to his wife who informs him that a woman, who perfectly fits the description of Rachael, had come and pushed the goat off of the roof, killing it. In the eyes of Rick and Iran, this was a drastically cruel act proving their lack of empathy, but from the outside it can be seen that Rachael was showing her ability to care for other androids, in that she was seeking some sort of revenge for the death of her friends. While revenge is still ugly, it does provide evidence for an amount of caring for more than oneself, and also trying to make up for feelings of loss and grief, all allegedly exclusive human attributes. Deckard reacts Iran’s comment on Rachel’s behavior being needless, he responds, “‘Not needless," he said. "She had what seemed to her a reason." An android reason, he thought” (Dick 102). While there is a possibility that Rachael was acting out of selfish and more childish reasons than out of grief, to teach Rick a lesson about taking…show more content… Some basic background on the cold war is that it started around the end of World War II. What lead up to the tension was during the war the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies, while still having a tense relationship. America was concerned of Soviet communism and Joseph Stalin, the leader of Russia, who showed an increasingly ruthless rule of Russia. On the other side the Soviets resented the Americans’ refusal to treat the USSR as a part of the international community as well as their delayed entry into World War II, which resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of Russians (Cold War History). After the war ended postwar Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe caused many Americans to fear the possibility of Russia planning to control the world. Meanwhile, the USSR came to resent what they perceived as American officials’ bellicose rhetoric, arms buildup and interventionist approach to international relations. According to the History channel’s website on the Cold War, “In such a hostile atmosphere, no single party was entirely to blame for the Cold War; in fact, some historians believe it was inevitable” (Cold War
