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Quail watches Martian birds fly through the Earth’s increased gravity. What is the symbolic meaning of the birds?

Quail undergoes several personality shifts. Which of these personalities, if any, is the real Quail?

What role does Kirsten Quail play in the story? To what extent do you consider her aware of Quail’s past?

McClane is the slick businessman and the front for Rekal. What does his role in the story say about commodification and capitalism in Quail’s world?

Interplan are an interplanetary police force. To what extent are their actions dictated by morality or pragmatism?

A race of small aliens decides not to destroy the Earth because they recognize goodness in the young Quail. What genre tropes does this subplot consist of? Why does Dick use them?

Rekal, Incorporated provide a collection of physical objects to verify the fake memories they implant. What do these objects say about the need for external confirmation of the nature of reality?

When Quail reveals his past as an assassin, he undergoes a physical transformation. How does his demeanor differ from before? Are these differences manifestations of a different personality taking over?