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Dialectical Journal #8: The arrival and character development of Phil Resch firmly establishes PKD's favoring of the use of "literary foils". Find a definition for the term, and provide an example of a literary foil that is NOT from the current reading (it can be from the other class texts, or another famous novel, or even a favorite television show). Explain how your outside example works as a foil. Next, list the foils for Rick Deckard in Electric Sheep, and choose one to investigate fully. How does the juxtaposition of the foil help highlight potential changes
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And They’re not your husband - both have unreliable narrators.

narrator has to lie to the reader

Dialectical Journal #9 – We've now read two stories with subtle unreliable narrators (one in first person the other in third person limited). Write a brief story in which the narrator is clearly unreliable. Be sure to include indicators that alert the reader so they understand that the narrator is not to be trusted (they contradict themselves, others, or logic). Following that, include a single paragraph explanation of what is really happening in the story, and why the narrator is trying to hide the truth.

He suggests not to write about murder.

Start with: Why is your narrator lying? Ashamed or immature or unable to acknowledge something about themselves?

Girl A who is lying to her best friend, Girl B. Girl A knows that Girl B’s boyfriend is cheating on her with another girl, because Girl A witnessed it. Girl B has suspicions but Girl A keeps lying to her with the intent of protecting Girl

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