Oryx & Crake is an unforgettable, compelling vision of the future. In this dystopian piece of literature, Atwood expresses and examines various outlooks in life, which in reality are beyond our imagination. Atwood’s novel is based in a society where success is revolved around multinational corporations, and where there is a divide between civilization and science. The entire novel is themed around the subject of science and the various genetic plantations to better humanity. There are many key factors that influence and impact the structure of this novel, some points that I feel are of great importance are; ideals, morality, reality and science. These elements are the foundation to the novel.
IDEALS :: satisfying one’s conception of what is perfect
MORALITY :: principles concerning the distinction between right & wrong or good & bad behavior
REALITY :: the world or state of things as they actually exist
SCIENCE :: intellectual and practical activity, consisting the study of structures and behavior of the physical and natural world through observations and experiments
I believe that the terms ideal and morality are connected to one another as they both in a sense relate to the same matter. And ideal life is significantly influenced by morality. Without the differentiation of proper and improper behavior and decisions, an ideal society would be unrealistic.
The relationship between reality and science is quite obvious, as society (especially in current times) is immensely impacted by the development of science and growth of technology.
Ideals & Morality are considerably different in comparison to Reality & Science. One aspect focuses on an idealistic society, one where idealism almost becomes a factor of utopia; a perfect imagined state/place. Whereas reality focuses on current standings in time and present obstacles that humanity is left to deal with. However in relation to this novel, Oryx and Crake, we are reading about all four topics in proximity of each other.
just imagine if society relied on the science of technology to decipher our morality ?
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