Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood

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Oryx and Crake Questions and Answers

What makes this extract from Oryx and Crake a dystopic piece of writing?

Draw a comparison between Oryx and Crake and Frankenstein.

In the novel Oryx and Crake, what are the importance of fridge magnets?

What kinds of games do Jimmy and Crake play? What does this tell you about the culture of the society that they live in? How do these games affect them? Are Jimmy and Crake affected in the same way, or differently?

What kinds of games do Jimmy and Crake play in Oryx and Crake? What does this tell you about the culture of the society that they live in? How do these games affect them?

How is Oryx and Crake parallel to our society's world?

How are flashbacks used in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, and why are they vital to the story?

Was Crake a hero or villain?

What role does media play in Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood? What are some central themes surrounding media in Oryx and Crake?

What is the point of view of Margaret Atwood's novel Oryx and Crake?  Is Oryk and Crake narrated in first person or third person and why?

What is the main message in Oryx and Crake?

To what end does Atwood portray the exploitation and abuse of children in Oryx and Crake?

I am writing a thesis statement about the relationship between the child and his mother in Oryx and Crake and how her leaving the child affects him mentally and psychologically while also making him stronger. How can I take this argument further?

How is Crake seen as a God in Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood? 

What does the novel Oryx and Crake say about the lack of individuality?

In the novel Oryx and Crake, discuss how advancing in technology may/will lead to the downfall of society.

What bioethical choices did the society in Margaret Atwood's novel Oryx and Crake make that opened the way for Crake’s actions? Were they justified?

In the novel Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, what are some important symbols in the story?

What are some easy essay topics for the novel Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood?

Why dose language play such important part in the concept of the noble?

In Oryx and Crake, what is the significance of childhood and manipulation in portraying the flaws in society?

Authenticity in Oryx and Crake In Oryx and Crake, nothing is authentic. Snowman doesn't have the initiative to live because he is confronted with reality and authenticity that wasn't there when he was known as Jimmy. I sincerely hope that our world doesn't come to this.

Why did Jimmy/Snowman not believe people when they told him the ducks on his boots were only like pictures and "had no feelings"?  

Why did Jimmy make sure to finish his ice cream?

how does the text offer hope for change? 1) how does the text offer hope for change? 2) Is the text version of post-apocalypse that critique so that we can change them? 3) what changes do they suggest?