Dades Chapter 8

Chapter 8 was fairly short, but it was very eventful. Rick returned from Seattle, and was given the assignment of hunting down Max Polokov. A Soviet police officer is sent to observe and assist rick on his hunt for Polokov. Rick goes on without him, and arrives at polokov's apartment. there is nothing there, other than kipple. we then learn, a minor detail, that kipple is a word that seems to be invented by, or at least used by, butser friendly, rather than just john isador. he leaves the apartment, and meets with the so called soviet police officer, but before they meet, he gets a call from rachel. rachel suggest that she come along with him on his android hunt, but he declines. they converse about a new laser the man has, until Rick finds out through odd dialog, that this man is actually Polokov, the android that he was hunting. Rick retires him, and calls his wife with the good news. Iran is in her self accusatory depression, and is not at all interested in what rick has to say. rick considers leaving her, as he should have 2 years ago, and considers Rachel, which confuses me. he says goodbye, and then moves on to hunting the next android.

first of all, the line "Youre not polokov, you're Kadalyi" is by far the most confusing line of the chapter. it could mean many things.

the most cut and dry explanation is that dick was trying to convey that Rick was very nervous, and he mixed up his words. this could be a frivolous detail, or it could mean something. it could be comparing Rick Deckard to the seemingly polar opposite John Isador, by showing a character trait that they have in common, or it could be making note of rick's human aspect of nervousness. androids are programmed to never be nervous. they are the perfect human, so they dont get nervous. every word from their mouth is designed to flow elegantly out their replicated mouth. humans, on the other hand, are not perfect, and they mix up words like rick does. its a very small and seemingly meaningless line that very well could mean very much. another thing that it could be showing is ricks cunning. he is trying to test Max, by confusing him. he's trying to trip him up, or something. im really not sure.

the other detail i picked up as interesting was the fact that rick considered rachel, an android, romantically. this suggests that a human can have a romantic relationship with an android. it also makes me think of how old rick is, because rachel is only 18, i belive. and, since she's an android, does it even matter? its very strange. she has a personality, and she seems to have thoughts of her own. she's just a robot. very strange.