edden a écrit:We will speak about a novel of Philip Kindred Dick.
The title of this novel is « substance mort », a Scanner darkly in english.
To start, i will present the different characters .
In second time, Olivier will speaks of the univers of this novel and to finish Nicolas will make a summary of the story.
Substance mort introduce five principals characters : Bob Arctor, Jim Barris, Luckman, Charles freck and Donna Howtorn .
Bob Arctor is the pricipal character of the novel . He is a mix between an hero and an anti-hero.
He lives with Jim, Luckman, and charles in her house in California.
All characters are drugs addict. They smoke marijuana, snort cocaïne, and suck a tablet of substance m.
Bob Arctor Works for the « drugs squad » and he wearing for is job a « complet brouillé », « complet brouillé » is a suit wich change constantly of apparence in order to remaining anonymous.
Jim barris is the more disturbing character . He lives with the others but in fact the doesn’t care about community , he is a versy selfish person.
Luckman is one of the most wasted of all characters, He is all time under drugs effects. He is the most likeable Character, because he is naive, cool, and and disconnected of the reality.
Charles freck is also totally wrecked like Luckamn and he believes it is invaded by insects.
Donna is the feminine character of the story. It’s her who provide the « substance m » to Bob arctor.
Bob Although it is expected prosecute traffickers falls in love with her
This is an overview of Dick & Louit’s (2000) novel called “Substance mort”.
Firstly the subject is going to present the different facets of characters and secondly Olivier will talk about the atmosphere which surround the novel and to conclude Nicolas will make a brief summary.
Dick & Louis (2000) have introduced 5 main characters who are: Bob Arctors, Jim Barris, Luckman, Charles Freck and Donna Howtorn.
Bob Actors the protagonist is a mix between a hero and an anti-hero. Bob lives with his both friend Jim Luckman and Charles in California.
All characters are drugs addict. They use several drugs as cocaine, marijuana and substance called M.
Bob Actors is a member of “drugs squad” and he usually wear a blurred suit, this special suit help him to change constantly appearance in order to remain anonymous.
Jim Barris is the most mentally disturbed character. He lives with his friends in California but he does not care about community and people. He is living in cocoon as a selfish person.
Luckman is every time under the influence of drugs. He is the most likeable character because he is naive, cool and disconnected from reality
Charles Freck is also a junkie as Luckerman but he got crazy thoughts. Actually he hallucinate that he is invaded by insects.
Donna Howtorn is the only lady in the story. She is dealing and trade substance called “M” to Bob Actors.
Although Bob is expected to fight and prosecute dealers, he falls in love with Donna a drug dealer.
Biography
Dick, K.Philip. & Louit, Robert (2000). "Substance mort". Paris: Gallimard
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