Oryx and Crake

Oryx and Crake is kind of a strange story. It’s first introduced as kind of a normal story would go except they have these weird creatures and his name is Snowman. This story didn’t really all that interest me. It was kind of the typical loser kid, Jimmy, who has a smart best friend, Crake. Goes through how he’s at a crappy school and his friend goes to an awesome school with many different facilities.

As they get older, Crake is some scientist who creates these weird creatures that have to be held in a compound. Crake is also in a relationship with a girl named Oryx who, as kids were Crake and Jimmies sexual fantasy on a pornography website. Jimmy then develops a sexual relationship with Oryx.

A worldwide disease breaks out after Jimmy started working for Crake. Crake had disappeared for awhile and when he returns he finds Jimmy locked up with the Crakers. Crake slits the throat of Oryx in front of Jimmy’s face. Jimmy then shoots and kills Crake. Jimmy is then responsible for taking care of the Crakers.

This story was a little boring with a mixture of Men in Black. That’s all I kept picturing. The names of the creatures like rakunk, pigoons and crakers reminds me of the little cockroach looking creatures that are with the Men in Black. 

It would be cool to live in a world where weird creatures like this exist. Or we could create them. I also feel like that can be completely and utterly dangerous as well. I guess maybe we might have these creatures but we just don’t know about them. The government hides a lot of stuff. Just like aliens.