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a boy and his dog
contents• Synopsis• Main characters• Relationship and Partnership• Moral and Gender• Political Structure• Segregation
synopsis
synopsisA post-apocalyptic (post WW4 in 2006) story about a boy who communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, until they stumble upon an underground society where the old society is preserved. The boy met a girl who turned out to be the daughter of one the leaders of the society, as he was seduced and lured to the underground because the citizen of the society are unable to reproduce because of being underground for too long. They use him for impregnation purposes and then plan to get rid of him.
Main characters
Vic Blood QuillaBorn in and scavenges
throughout the wasteland of the former south western United States. He is most concerned with
food and sex. He is an orphan, he has no formal education and doesn’t understand ethics and morality.
He is damaged by genetic engineering that granted him his telepathy. He can’t scavenge for himself, making him rely on
Vic for food. However, he can smell women, raiders and mutants, which really
helps Vic.
A daughter of one of the leader of the underground society.
Topeka. She is the one who lured Voc in to the underground so that
he can be used for exogamous reproduction by electro
ejaculation, however seeing this as wrong then aids his escape
and falls in love with him. Leaving the city to live on the
surface with Vic.
Relationshipand
partnership
• “Man’s best friend”• “Do you know what love is” • Telepathy • Survival• Unconditional love
Vic and blood
• asd
Vic and quilla• Dominance •“Downunder”• Aid • Love• Betrayal
•“Topeka”•Aid•Committee•Betrayal•Sex
Vic and Quilla’s dad
Moral and gender
• Total wipe out• Aftermath of war (apocalypse)• Low Standards in living• Uncontrolled society
Moral Gender • Gender dominance
• Misogyny• Multiple perspective• Sex and Rape
Political structures
Political structures
• 2 major structures
• Anarchism• Theocracy
• Democracy• Direct and representative• Monarchy• Absolute and constitutional• Technocracy • Republic
segregation
Segregation• Gender Segregation• Class Segregation• Reference to modern society