Philip K Dick's Minority Report

Phillip K. Dick

- death of twin sister inspired common theme in his stories of phantom twin

- lived in poverty most of his life

- 1955 – FBI visited his house bc Dick’s wife of socialist views

- Dislike Hollywood but Hollywood liked his works

- “Everybody runs!” – Minority Report

- Main common theme – free will

Characters – Anderton, Lisa, Witwer, Fleming, General Kaplan, Precogs: Mike, Donna, Jerry, Leopold

Summary

Anderton is 50 and bald. Leopold kidnaps him. There’s a crash and a man named Fleming gives hime a flase id and helps him escape. He realizes that there is a minority report that states that he is innocent, so he goes to the precogs to find the minority report. When he finds his minority report it says that he won’t kill the guy bc he’s already seen the majority report. While he’s there, the police close in on him, his wife helps him escape. Fleming tells Anderton that his wife is behind the plot, however Anderton doesn’t believe him and knocks him out. He then discovers that Fleming works for Kaplan. He finds out that Kaplan wants to prove Precrime doesn’t work and take the funding for the military. They then return to the police station where Anderton decides to kill Kaplan to prevent discreditation of Precrime. Anderton finds out that majority report is 2 minority reports. Anderton and Lisa are going to go off world.

Themes:

Fate, free will, idea of act of manipulating future can change future/present