Oryx And Crake Essay

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Three Contributors to Oryx and Crake You May Not Have Thought Of In Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, and the critical reading essay by Joshua Brady Cole share some common themes and topics that are shared amongst the two through each of their writings. At other times they have some different thoughts and ideas they share differently about Oryx and Crake and the apocalypse. The main ideas discussed in my argumentative essay will be about the critic Joshua Coles argumentative essay and what he thinks about Oryx and Crake. Lastly I will also discuss why I agree or disagree with his paper/ argument. Even though the critic has his arguments and his points explained, I still feel that his argument may not be entirely correct. I feel that he- Cole focuses on some ideas that may be more irelivant than important, like how he feels Oryx and Crake is parallel to the Bible. Although there are some points and ideas discussed in his essay that I disagree with there are some I agree with like Coles opinion of creativity and the recreation of language. The essay critic, Joshua Cole feels strongly that the main themes of Oryx and Crake includes language and religion. Cole feels that when the end of the world happens, we will lose language. He mentions that when …show more content…

Cole believes that Margaret Atwood’s, Oryx and Crake focus’ more on language, feminism and religion and how Oryx and Crake parallels to the bible. Whereas Margaret Atwood focus’ more on the main ideas of science and creativity through her book, she shows on the impact that science and creativity have on our everyday lives and how people react to the coming of the apocalypse. Margaret Atwood shows through Oryx and Crake how something such as creativity and science which both seem so harmless can lead to the

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