“The Year of the Flood”, written by Margaret Atwood, explores a post apocalyptic world from the perspectives of two girls, Toby and Ren. Their stories reveal their past lives, involvement with cult group called God’s Gardeners, and how the Waterless Flood destroyed the human race. Atwood’s portrayal of the corporations and characters is a commentary on the dangerous connection between manipulation and success modern society.
At the beginning of the novel, Toby reveals that her mother died due to an unknown illness. Toby explains that her mom worked at the HelthWyzer Compound, and “took a dose of HelthWyzer Hi-Potency VitalVite supplements daily” (Atwood 25). When she got sick, “She took more supplements, but despite that she became weak and confused and lost weight …show more content…
When Toby first brings up this company, she says, “The secret of SecretBurgers was that no one knew what sort of animal protein was actually in them” (Atwood 33). Quite similarly, there have been rumors about what kind of meat is in many of the fast food restaurants today. However, it gets increasingly repulsive when Toby describes what else could be in the meat. She thinks to herself, “Was there a human fingernail, once? It was possible. The local pleebmobs paid the CorpSeCorpsMen to turn a blind eye...They also ran corpse disposals, harvesting organs for transplant, then running the gutted carcasses through the SecretBurger grinders...So went the worst rumors” (Atwood 33). Despite the fact that there could have been human meat in the SecretBurgers, it still remained a popular and successful food chain, “because who could say no to a business with so few supply-side costs?” (Atwood 33). As showed in through SecretBurger’s actions, it is obvious that they have no sense of corporate responsibility. They take advantage of the natural human inclination to buy cheaper things, and do not take account the morality of what they
At the beginning of the novel, Toby reveals that her mother died due to an unknown illness. Toby explains that her mom worked at the HelthWyzer Compound, and “took a dose of HelthWyzer Hi-Potency VitalVite supplements daily” (Atwood 25). When she got sick, “She took more supplements, but despite that she became weak and confused and lost weight …show more content…
When Toby first brings up this company, she says, “The secret of SecretBurgers was that no one knew what sort of animal protein was actually in them” (Atwood 33). Quite similarly, there have been rumors about what kind of meat is in many of the fast food restaurants today. However, it gets increasingly repulsive when Toby describes what else could be in the meat. She thinks to herself, “Was there a human fingernail, once? It was possible. The local pleebmobs paid the CorpSeCorpsMen to turn a blind eye...They also ran corpse disposals, harvesting organs for transplant, then running the gutted carcasses through the SecretBurger grinders...So went the worst rumors” (Atwood 33). Despite the fact that there could have been human meat in the SecretBurgers, it still remained a popular and successful food chain, “because who could say no to a business with so few supply-side costs?” (Atwood 33). As showed in through SecretBurger’s actions, it is obvious that they have no sense of corporate responsibility. They take advantage of the natural human inclination to buy cheaper things, and do not take account the morality of what they