Essay Comparing Oryx And The Handmaid's Tale

The human species has evolved tremendously throughout time. We have made advancements in government, medicine, technology, and society in general. Our ideals have also changed. The more advanced we become, the more we strive for perfection. Both Oryx and Crake and The Handmaid 's Tale depict futures that are different from our own society, but also include elements that we are familiar with. These dystopian societies will not be far from our own future if we abuse the powers that we posses. Margaret Atwood claims that she is not a science fiction writer. Science fiction suggests things that humans are not able to do. (Atwood) Both books have things that we are capable of doing through our technology and government. In Oryx and Crake, the technology they have is not far from what we have now. In The Handmaid 's Tale, the have gone backwards as a society so, technology wise, there isn 't much that that society has that our society doesn 't. That being said, there is a possibility that we could face the same fate that the characters in both books have faced. Though we flourish as a society, too much of anything is never a good thing. Our technology, experiments, and power could get to our heads and lead us to our own destruction, much like in Oryx and Crake and The Handmaid 's Tale. For a society to …show more content…
Unlike in our society where we are free to choose what we believe in, the societies of Oryx and Crake and The Handmaid’s Tale deprive its citizens from that. In Oryx and Crake, the people in the Compounds are allowed to do research and think of new ways to “better the society” but it has to meet the CorpSeCorps standards. Our society seems far from being this extreme, but we also have our rules. As a society, we avoid being different and we tend to do only what’s “acceptable” to everyone. Though it is not official, we have guidelines that we are expected to