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John Anderson And The Precrime System

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Minority report:
John Anderson: the main guy. He’s suppose to have a successor: Ed witwer.
Ed Witwer is suppose to be Anderson’s assistant and later his successor. Together they have a precrime system
The precrime system was that prior to a crime happening, the police get a report about the suspects and they are arrested.
There has been one murder since this system has started.
This shows that there is always a flaw in every man made system.
It might be little or big flaw there’s always a flaw.
Not everyone is guilty: some are arrested with mistake.
From the state’s perspective they are guilty, but none of them feel that they are guilty. This is the moral dilemma.
Anderson wants to kill Witwer to stop him from taking his place in the future. He …show more content…

John was falsely accused so if he’s not sent to the detention camp, the system is wrong. If he is sent then he’s going to do time for something he didn’t do. Moral dilemma.
The alias?? Have the ability to change your identity? John changes to Ernest Temple, an electrician.
Precrime: relies on 3 precogs and 2 corresponding reports( discarding 1 minority report). This is really confusing.
So there are three reports. 2 majority and 1 minority. Because two can not agree on a false accusation, the precrime system has to be correct.
Characters: Kaplan, Witwer, Lisa, Anderton, Page
Anderton: he starts out being the main guy in precrime. He is the one who is in charge and will be replaced by Witwer. He is accused of potential killing by the precrime system. He thinks he's being framed. Turns out he wasn’t and that he would kill Kaplan to protect the precrime system.
Witwer: He is innocent he takes over the precrime and is doing what he’s supposed to do
Kaplan: He is the antagonist. He wants to take down the Precrime system by proving that it doesn’t work perfectly and that the future can’t surly be

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