Oryx and Crake- by Margaret Atwood
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dystopian novel
published: May 2003
Joan Smith: “The novel is about hubris and human playing god- literally, in the
case of Crake, the embittered genius whose secret project is responsible for the
devastation that now surrounds Snowman.”
Snowman
Crake
Oryx
- narrator
- once know as Jimmy
- “Thickney”
- Jimmy’s best friend
- once known as Glenn
- brilliant scientist
-> MaddAddam
- “Crakers”
- pornographic side
- extraordinary eyes
- teacher of the Crakers
Plot:
- a lot of corporations -> keep employees’ families in compounds
- outside: pleebands -> didn’t qualify
- HealthWyzer compound
 Extinctathon= quiz about extinct animals and plants
-> Glenn-> Crake
- Crake become Grandmaster of Extinctathon-> most important worker in
MaddAddam
- creates the “Crakers”
- eat leaf
- sexual intercourse once every three years
- at age 30 tumble down and die
- live in “paradise”
- creation of JUVE (Jetspeed Ultra Virus Extraordinary)
 all people die