Oryx and Crake

1. Oryx and Crake Adam Mills Alisha Publicover Heather Rodgers Maggie Gagnon Morgan MacLean

2. The Plot The story is told by Snowman (after the apocalypse), and his life as Jimmy (before the apocalypse) Jimmy lives in the “Compounds” a safe, scientific based community. There is also the Pleeblands where those who are less fortunate live. Scientists are splicing many types of animals, most commonly mentioned is the Pigoon, Rakunk, Bob Kitten, Snat and Wolvog. Jimmy’s best (and only) friend is Crake, they discover Oryx as a child porn star when in their early teens. Jimmy falls in love with her soft eyes.

3. The Plot Continued Jimmy and Crake go their separate ways after high school. Crake as a bio engineer, Jimmy as a advertisement designer. Crake believes the human race is a failure and creates a new race which are named Crakers. These people are better adapted to our world in that they can heal themselves and they aren’t supposed to believe in a god, higher rulings, only eat herbs/plants and females reproduce once every 4 years. Crake engineers a virus which wipes out everyone on the planet, excluding Jimmy. This allows his Crakers to take over.

4. Totalitarian society in Oryx and Crake No one within the compounds can go to the Pleeblands (without special permission) E-mails are bugged Only certain foods are served in the compounds. Seems that old media is no longer broadcasted

5. Totalitarian Society in the filmChildren of Men http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUyLWwK9M3o&feature=related Takes place in 2027 in London Humans have become infertile for 18 years. All immigrants are hunted down and are put in cages on the street or sent to refugee camps where there is constant war. Theo, the main character finds a pregnant Fuji woman and does everything he can to protect her until the baby is born.

6. Totalitarian Society in RussiaJosephStalin After being expelled in 1899, he became a Marxist Revolutionary and joined the Bolsheviks. He was marked by the Okhrana (Tsars secret police) and became a full time revolutionary. Stalin became one of Bolshevik’s Chief Operatives in organizing paramilitaries, strikes, propaganda and raising money through robbing banks, holding ransom and kidnappings. Adopted the name Stalin, meaning Steel in Russian Led the party to get rid of Lenin and used Terror to control the party/community

7. The Big Question The study of dystopias, post apocalyptic literature and totalitarian societies are relevant today, because it is a good way of learning about real life situations that people have been in and are still in today.