Many individuals believe that being human is automatically guaranteed of having humanity. Yet, in Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel Oryx and Crake proves us wrong that being human does not guarantee to having humanity. This dystopian novel highlights complications of society and the actions of one another can be forever impacted. A common theme that is persistent throughout the novel is the actions of Humanity through the characters of Jimmy and Crake. Theses characters display and define why humanity is not equivalent to being human. Crake is generally perceived as being misunderstood but in reality he does have humanity which shows through his kindness of creating the Crakers, while the selfishness of Jimmy gets in his path of humanity.
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In Crake’s viewpoint, the Crakers have immortality (303). “Immortality said Crake, it is concept”(303). [j13] He believes that they have immortality[j14] , they are modified to only live to the age of thirty and then they die without getting ill (303). Crake could have made the Crakers to suffer when dying or to not have the UV resistant skin application. It wasn’t a requirement for Crake to add these accommodations to the Crakers, including the physical attributes. This shows that Crake’s motive of making the Crakers is to better society as well to eliminate their pain of being afraid of dying. Since they will die suddenly without an illness, Crake believes they will have no pain. It’s clear to state that Crake cares about their well being because he has made them with circumstances that help them be comfortable. By creating the Crakers, Crake is not only attempting to accommodate to the Crakers needs themselves but humanity …show more content…
Many would say that it being human is automatically define that they have humanity. Yet, in Atwood’s novel it is clear that is there actions of the Jimmy and Crake that define humanity not just because they are human. Crake’s different perspective on humanity, his additions to to accommodate the Craker’s needs and guidance to help humanity are indeed spotlighted while Jimmy continuous promiscuous actions show that his selfishness prevails over his humanity. Overall, Atwood’s novel shows us that despite the actions there will always be a story behind it and it is up to us to believe it or
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In Crake’s viewpoint, the Crakers have immortality (303). “Immortality said Crake, it is concept”(303). [j13] He believes that they have immortality[j14] , they are modified to only live to the age of thirty and then they die without getting ill (303). Crake could have made the Crakers to suffer when dying or to not have the UV resistant skin application. It wasn’t a requirement for Crake to add these accommodations to the Crakers, including the physical attributes. This shows that Crake’s motive of making the Crakers is to better society as well to eliminate their pain of being afraid of dying. Since they will die suddenly without an illness, Crake believes they will have no pain. It’s clear to state that Crake cares about their well being because he has made them with circumstances that help them be comfortable. By creating the Crakers, Crake is not only attempting to accommodate to the Crakers needs themselves but humanity …show more content…
Many would say that it being human is automatically define that they have humanity. Yet, in Atwood’s novel it is clear that is there actions of the Jimmy and Crake that define humanity not just because they are human. Crake’s different perspective on humanity, his additions to to accommodate the Craker’s needs and guidance to help humanity are indeed spotlighted while Jimmy continuous promiscuous actions show that his selfishness prevails over his humanity. Overall, Atwood’s novel shows us that despite the actions there will always be a story behind it and it is up to us to believe it or