Oryx And Crake Analysis

The story “Blue-Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose, was originally published in the American Scholar, in 2009. Rose is an American education scholar and was born in 1944. Rose has written several articles on literacy matters. He studied the struggle of the working-class America. Throughout the article, Rose used personal stories to persuade the reader blue-collar workers are very intelligent despite having a formal education. Rose’s agenda could be compared to that of Aristotle regarding their similar ideas on persuasion. Aristotle, was a well-known Greek philosopher, implemented three key terms: ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade his audience. Much like Aristotle, the author of Blue-Collar Brilliance, portrays the importance of his mother and uncle’s jobs by them showing intuition, intelligence, and multitasking thus demonstrating ethos, pathos, and logos.

From the start of independence, the question of the process of career selection has stumbled teens across the globe. Whether the outcome be based on the amount of money, the location, or even the very few who find their true passion, no one has a definitive idea on what they will pursue. Richard Van Camp’s main character, Leo, is faced with the same dilemma. Van Camp's short story, “The Strongest Blood”, explores the use of symbolism, brought through by money, the conflicts in which influence career decision, and the use of pathos to evoke an emotional connection to the reality of the world.

Leading a meaningful life meant breaking away from the fear of criticism or rejection; conforming to society limits Illgunas’ definition of life. Illgunas’ suburban upbringing makes the danger of social conformity clear to him. Surrendering to society would consequently cause him to completely lose himself. After graduating from high school, Illgunas and his classmates follow the conventional path towards a higher education. Illgunas explains, “My high school class and I moved like a school of fish: we graduates were capable of going off on our own, in whatever direction we chose, but something demanded we all swim as one…” (6-7). Parallel to the claim Illgunas makes, graduates that do not attend college are stigmatized. Society has created a paradigm: after graduating high school, students should attend a traditional four year university, and then enter the “career world.” In Illgunas’ perspective, people in

The narrator, who does not come from extreme wealth, privilege, or class has trouble dealing with his lack of social prominence. The school has an elite group of boys, which the narrator is not a member of, who are understood to “get a leg up from their famous names or great wealth”(3-4). Being a senior, the narrator has spent the past three years assimilating to the social customs of his school and adapting the attitude of the elite boys. He has recognized many normalities that some of his peers such as Purcell and George Kellogg live by. The boys have a constant laidback and relaxed attitude that is fostered because of their innate understanding of their wealth. They wear clothes loosely and without care and do not give much thought to their future. Additionally, through their class and wealth the elite boys are grouped together and bonded by what seems, as the narrator describes : “tribal tattoos”. This high class attitude of some of the students is ever present as the narrators says, “Class was a fact….His way of turning cold at the mention of money, or at the spectacle of ambition too nakedly revealed”(15). The narrator realizes that public school attitude and being on scholarship, like he is, are repugnant at his school. Rather than announce his perceived shortcomings, in social capital, the narrator is very quiet and abstains from showing his true self to his school.

In Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake we see the cause and effect of how our childhood and how we are raised has a large correlation to what type of adult we become. Through the character of Jimmy and later his new persona Snowman, the reader is shown the detrimental effects of an abandoned childhood. Not only do Jimmy’s poor choices in his adult life have a clear link to his neglected and unguided childhood they also create an adult that is emotionally damaged and unable to see the right path in his life even when he wants to.

I chose chapter four where I selected the three segments: Hammer, Crake, and Brainfrizz. All three relate to Jimmy’s childhood and the introduction of Crake. In the beginning of “Hammer,” teenager Jimmy avoids his parents as much as possible. He’s tired of their negativity towards him, so he stays away from them.

In order to expose the lack of inequality and nasty corporate interests, Atwood exposes the myths created by the corporations used to control the world’s population. Throughout her novel, Atwood creates “myth” about sex, beauty, birthing, sex, living and even dreaming. These myths then create a society built on lies. The purpose of these lies, from a capitalistic standpoint, was to increase the wealth of big corporations. Each of the myths created in the novel relates to a desired outcome that can be achieved only by people with the money and power to do so.

In life when a person experiences traumatizing events the answer for that individual is to simply try and block out all of the discomfort no matter how hard it is to suffice. In the novel “Oryx and Crake” written by Margaret Atwood the critical role of memory is very important because the essence of the story is partially told from memory and what it means to live in a dystopian society. The novel “Oryx and Crake” is written in a notable reverse like order and this keeps the reader intrigued from start to finish. Margaret Atwood’s far-fetched use of symbolism, imagery, and diction help her readers conclude a better understanding of the main character’s traumatic happenings and this is important because each chapter of the novel switches between

Good versus bad jobs have really good and bad affect in our social life. In the book, John Lie tells his experience that how he applied in a factory for a job in summer. He tells that just an elderly person asked him a few question and hired him but John tells that in the factory the supervisors asked the employers to work faster yet make fewer mistakes. John hates the smell, the noise and heat were unbearable for him. He started to do this job at minimum wage. One day, he was finishing his job and going home and he bumped into his friend and John’s friend told him a new job in book store. Compare to the factory job the book store job was really good. From this experience, we can say that how he faces difficulty we he even did not have any school diploma. He talks about his another good job when he completes his university and he got Ph.D. He got one of the best job with his Ph.D. but he started to do another job too because with that one job salary, he hardly covered his rent. His second job was as a business consultant in a major corporation. It was a really good job

I wanted to get another person’s point of view concerning security at the Madras COCC campus so I decided to interview Heather Van Diest-Kolb. She is the original person who really got me thinking about how the Madras

At first, Amanda was concerned with Mrs. Stewart’s drinking on school property, but let it go because she wanted to be on Mrs. Stewards’ “good side”. However, now she is faced with a vital dilemma because a student’s safety is at risk.

Fictional literature is often more intriguing than real life, this is especially true for apocalyptic literature. Apocalyptic narratives are exciting and thought-provoking as they typically contain a catastrophic event which threatens humanity and in the process reveals aspects of the human potential. In the novel Oryx and Crake Atwood reveals the potential humans have to bring about their extinction. In the novel Crake causes an apocalyptic event by attempting to remove the human race in the hopes the world would rebuild to a better and stronger community. For Crake, this belief was strong enough to kill almost every human on the planet. This narrative makes for a great story, but it is not exclusive to fiction. Real life can sometimes come close to the haunting narrations of apocalyptic novels. For example, the preacher Jim Jones brought about a catastrophic event for his congregation when he coerced his follower to commit revolutionary suicide. He convinced his people dying for socialism and equality would prove to the world it needed to change. This event revealed a great deal about the human potential that some may have only thought was possible with fictional stories. Although Jim Jones and Crake have many differences, they have a number of similarities including their developed god complex, their apocalyptic visions of the future, and their misguided beliefs their actions would save the world.

The society described in the novel reflects some aspects of society as we know it today and presents an excellent social commentary. Despite being written in 2003, it accurately predicts and satirizes the “oversharing” that we see on the Internet in 2015. Jimmy and Crake spend their free time throughout high school watching videos online, including

Atwood’s work Oryx and Crake is a science fiction story that deemphasizes the importance of a feministic society. Houvouras states that “...individuals who are actively engaged in activities that aim to ameliorate gender inequality” (247) are indeed feminists. This is not seen within the story “Oryx and Crake”, in fact we see that women are put on the back burner for the most part. The lack of feminism is duly noted with characters like: Sharon(Jimmy’s mother), Oryx, and the female Crakers. Women, both in stories and life, generally play the role of being submissive individuals who feel obligated to put others before themselves. These individuals do not know how to identify with a feministic approach to life.

When diplomas are being handed out, though, it might be worthwhile for graduates—and the rest of us—if the popular "do what you love" message were balanced with a more timeless message to find work that, even in some small way, truly matters. Mr. McCoy is a writer and English language instructor at the Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture in Boston. His website is www.carl-mccoy.com. A version of this article appeared May 28, 2013, on page A15 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Dear Grads, Don't 'Do What You Love'.