Oryx And Crake Character Analysis

“Think of an adaptation, any adaptation, and some animal somewhere will have thought of it first.” Said by Crake from Oryx and Crake written by Margaret Atwood, this quote has a great deal to do with the themes of Genetic Engineering and Biodiversity. In the book there is a constant reminder that nothing is real, and I believe that Atwood uses characters such as Jimmy’s mother to show the negative aspects of genetic engineering. As Jimmy has grown up, he has watched his world evolve into a place where everything and anything could be recreated, including human body parts, food, and nature. Other books that focus with this issue is “The Machine Stops,” by E. M. Forster.

Before Crake had even created the Crakers, the ‘perfect’ human, the world was filled with genetically

One popular creation of the story, the pigoon was a pig that was genetically modified to have multiple organs that can be used for transplants. Which happens to be something that scientists are working on right now. In the story the pigoons evolve, from a mind of a pig, to a pig with a functioning human brain. In Oryx and Crake, this was a hugely controversial issue with rioters (including Jimmy’s mom) to actively protest the experimenting. Jimmy’s mother is a character in the story who had a very important role when it came to this, though she only appears a few times. She had an impact on the novel that shows the negative aspects of the unnatural creations. After her husband, Jimmy’s father, shares his news that he had gotten a promotion and they had successfully planted a human brain into a pigoons body for a transplant, Jimmy’s parents undergo a huge argument, where