Oryx and Crake

The short story talks of Oryx a girl who was raised in the village but later sold to a village man that lived in the city. Oryx and his brother were among many children that were sold by their parents to go and work in the city. However, the village…

‘Oryx and Crake’ is a fiction novel written to capture the unspecified future. The novel’s author Margaret Atwood uses speculative fiction in explaining the major themes of the novel. For instance, she focuses on explaining the theme of synthetic evolution versus natural evolution. The theme is explored through a fiction…

“Oryx and Crake” is a novel by Margaret Atwood. The events occur in a futuristic world in which the key focus of society is scientific innovation, particularly genetic experimentation. This societal obsession eventually allows Crake to ruin human society. Jimmy, the protagonist, is the sole child of two biological scientists….