Oryx and Crake Adam Mills Alisha Publicover Heather

Oryx and Crake Adam Mills Alisha Publicover Heather Rodgers Maggie Gagnon Morgan Mac. Lean

The Plot �The story is told by Snowman (after the apocalypse), and his life as Jimmy (before the apocalypse) �Jimmy lives in the “Compounds” a safe, scientific based community. There is also the Pleeblands where those who are less fortunate live. �Scientists are splicing many types of animals, most commonly mentioned is the Pigoon, Rakunk, Bob Kitten, Snat and Wolvog. � Jimmy’s best (and only) friend is Crake, they discover Oryx as a child porn star when in their early teens. Jimmy falls in love with her soft eyes.

The Plot Continued �Jimmy and Crake go their separate ways after high school. Crake as a bio engineer, Jimmy as a advertisement designer. �Crake believes the human race is a failure and creates a new race which are named Crakers. These people are better adapted to our world in that they can heal themselves and they aren’t supposed to believe in a god, higher rulings, only eat herbs/plants and females reproduce once every 4 years. �Crake engineers a virus which wipes out everyone on the planet, excluding Jimmy. This allows his Crakers to take over.

Totalitarian society in Oryx and Crake �No one within the compounds can go to the Pleeblands (without special permission) �E-mails are bugged �Only certain foods are served in the compounds. �Seems that old media is no longer broadcasted

Totalitarian Society in the film Children of Men �Takes place in 2027 in London �Humans have become infertile for 18 years. �All immigrants are hunted down and are put in cages on the street or sent to refugee camps where there is constant war. �Theo, the main character finds a pregnant Fuji woman and does everything he can to protect her until the baby is born. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=i. Uy. LWw. K 9 M 3 o&feature=related

Totalitarian Society in Russia Joseph Stalin �After being expelled in 1899, he became a Marxist Revolutionary and joined the Bolsheviks. �He was marked by the Okhrana (Tsars secret police) and became a full time revolutionary. �Stalin became one of Bolshevik’s Chief Operatives in organizing paramilitaries, strikes, propaganda and raising money through robbing banks, holding ransom and kidnappings. �Adopted the name Stalin, meaning Steel in Russian �Led the party to get rid of Lenin and used Terror to control the party/community

The Big Question �The study of dystopias, post apocalyptic literature and totalitarian societies are relevant today, because it is a good way of learning about real life situations that people have been in and are still in today.