During the season finale of the series Dollhouse, there is a situation that will help me in my argument. The episode called “ Epitaph One,” is a look into the future and views parts of the dollhouse’s past. My specific scene is about the highest ranking official at the Los Angeles dollhouse, Adelle Dewitt, finding out that the vice president of the company, Mr. Ambrose, is taking advantage of what concept their corporation was built around. Adelle feels strongly about the fact that the dollhouse was founded to help people and to give them what they need. The new plan would be taking advantage of their technology and causing harm. Mr. Ambrose explains that with all of the high status authority figures on their side it will be easy for them to transfer full bodies into the dolls. This relates well to my topic of organ trafficking because the complete anatomy transfer is similar to the buying and selling of kidneys. Mr. Ambrose charging a large amount of money to wealthy clients for full body transfers is similar to rich patients who illegally buy kidneys from donors. The comment that Mr. Ambrose made about any one who is of importance is on their side reminds me of the doctors, lawyers and government officials who aid in the illegal black market or organ transfer allowing it to happen. At the beginning the corporation set out to make a positive impact on people’s lives, like organ transplants, but power soon got the best of people and greed helped them decide to take advantage of this new found control over people’s lives and bodies.
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