Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood When I first started reading "Oryx and Crake", I was somewhat skeptical about whether or not I would enjoy reading it. The first chapter confused me with unusual words that I had never heard or seen before. Whenever I read something, it is usually a book or magazine that I intend to read or is based on true facts about a certain topic such as history or sport. This book was a surprise when I started reading it because it wasn't as difficult to understand as I thought it would be and it was actually quite enjoyable. The symbols in this book can mean many different things depending on what the reader believes, as religion plays a big role in it. Margaret Atwood offers us a story of human catastrophe where everything goes well and everything falls apart. She seems fascinated by technology and believes that ideas that seem impossible today will one day become reality. It uses environmental topics related to our world today, in which devastation has occurred and will continue to occur in the near future. Examples such as droughts, volcanic eruptions and the increase in Earth's temperature are all linked to real civilization and not just an invented compound in which scientists try to improve and create new and best. As I progressed through the novel, I began to anticipate a disaster that would soon strike. The complexes seemed prone to problems with large numbers of scientists inventing new animals such as pigeons and rakunks and new drugs that seemed too good to be true. Even though the living conditions differed from those we live in today, the residents of the complexes still faced problems that we also face. Drugs, alcohol... middle of paper ...... pill. Since he received Crake's vaccine, all the doctors had to do was take a tissue sample and create more of the vaccine so that it wouldn't kill almost all of humanity. Instead, Jimmy sits around and drinks alcohol without even thinking that he could make a difference between life and death. Thinking about this situation, I thought that Crake himself had supposedly vaccinated himself with Oryx, so why did he kill Oryx? If someone asked me whether or not they should read this book, I would tell them to definitely read it, but to be patient because most of the action doesn't happen until near the end of the story. I was impressed by the humor that Atwood demonstrates but also by the drama that affects humanity. I will probably read some of her other books to see what other novels she has produced and see what she had to offer..