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