It is not alone the day time which is hard to survive; the night was equally difficult to stay alive. Every day, both day and night, Snowman did everything to protect himself from the humidity and heat:
“But the build-up of hot, damp air under the tarp was too uncomfortable: at night, at ground level. With no breeze, the humidity felt like a hundred per cent: his breath fogged the plastic”. (OAC. Pp 42)
Atwood gives the imagery of the hailstones that are so powerful which can easily damage the skulls of the humans.
“He awakes to thunder and a sudden wind: the afternoon storms is upon him…Sometimes there are hailstones as big as golf balls, but the forest canopy slows their fall”. (OAC, Pp 49)
The novel shows the certainty in front of the eyes
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One major reason that can be said as the downfall of the humankind is the rapid inventions of the scientific tools. The environment change in the novel is shown parallel to that of the new scientific contraptions. Many different animals such as pigoons, rakunks and wolvogs are shown as genetically engineered and are left to live among the humans without thinking of the insinuation they could cause. When Jimmy visits his father’s working place which is OrganInc farms, he gets the opportunity to watch the pigoons and how they are genetically engineered. Jimmy in the novel states that:
“The pigoons were much bigger and fatter than ordinary pigs, to leave room for all of the extra organs. They were kept in special buildings, heavily secured: the kidnappings of a pigoon and its finely honed genetic material by a rival outfit would have been a disaster”. (OAC, pp 29)
The scientists, who have given credit for their extraordinary intelligence, only seem to use their brain in creating new species every day. They do not give their thought on the aftermath that it could cause in the future. They do not seem like caring about the evil results of their scientific experiments in the ecosystem, making the food chain lose its track and thus making the ecosystem
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It is not only the narration of his life but also about nature and environmental changes due to the scientific developments. Snowman narrates the story of how the various natural destructions and ecological calamities have taken place in the world and also the escalation of activities that have played the major role in the destroying of the planet and the annihilation of nature. Snowman, in the novel, reiterates the discussion that he had with his friend who is the scientist in a well-reputed organization. The discussion is about the new invention called “ChickieNobs”:
“Those are chickens,” said Crake. “Chicken parts. Just the breasts, on this one. They’ve got ones that specialize in drumsticks too, twelve to a growth unit.”
“But they aren’t any heads,” said Jimmy. He grasped the concept- he’d grown up with sus multiorganifer, after all- but this thing was going too far. At least the pigoons of his childhood hadn’t lacked heads.
“That’s the head in the middle,” said the woman. “There’s a mouth opening at the top, they dump the nutrients in there. No eyes or beak or anything, they don’t need
Teitz explains that the living spaces for the pigs are so small that they will trample each other to death, and piglets are unintentionally smashed by their mothers. Teitz asserts that, not only are the living spaces small, but they...
It seems that throughout the novel there is an extended metaphor of Snowman as various figures from the Christian bible. The first figure that Snowman can be said to represent is that of Adam, the first man, though the similarities between the two characters do not follow the same chronology. Just as Adam is given the animals as companions to look over, similarly Crake has ensured that the Crakers and Jimmy are both left in the newly re-created world as companions.
...the dichotomy between the said and the implied. On the surface, it may seem to be a story that ends inconclusively about a boy who is never found, but the use of multifarious symbols each bringing with them a string of other meanings contributes to the symbolic richness of his prose.
What the author is doing is letting the reader foreshadow. A technique which creates suspense, a vital element in any action story. The author then explained what was being hinted at;
issues that the author deal with in the book are a prediction of the future; it can
"His [Piggy] head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed. Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone."
Douglas Light said that our imagination is better than any answer to a question. Light distinguished between two genres: fantasy from fiction. He described how fantasy stimulates one’s imagination, which is more appealing, but fiction can just be a relatable story. In the same way, Books and movies are very different entities. In the short parable Doubt, the readers are lured in to the possibility of a scandalous relationship between a pastor and an alter boy. The readers’ curiosity is ignited because they are not given all the details. Therefore, their mind wanders further than the plot to create a story and characters that acted on one’s imagination; thus, the story became entertaining- flooded by the questions of what? Who? How? By which the reader can only answer. At this point, the readers create their own movie in a way. They will determine important aspects: how the character speaks, looks like, and reacts. Whereas, in the movie, the reader has no choice but to follow the plot laid out in front of them. No longer can they picture the characters in their own way or come up with their different portrayals. The fate of the story, while still unpredictable, was highly influenced by the way the characters looked, spoke, and presented themselves on screen. The movie leaves little to viewers' imaginations.In order to be entertained by literature or art, the viewer needs to feel that they can use their imagination and not be confined to a plot that reveals all.
The success of “The Briefcase” is based on a reader’s ability to forego detailed description for the thrill
The theme that is most important and that shows up very often in the novel "The Pigman," is friendship. This book is from the point of view of two friends telling their story of friendship with each other, some kids from their school, and Mr. Pignati. They go through a lot whether it be hard times, sad times, or aggravating times, Lorraine, John, and the Pigman stayed friends throughout the book no matter how idiotic they were. Friendship is the thing that brought all of these people together in the first place when they prank called Mr. Pignati, and this resulted in a friendship that John and Lorraine had made with the lonely yet jolly Pigman. "
Some do not know how much happens to animals in the labs and research centers. According to Francis S. Collins at www.peta.org,
When the narrator introduced the main character of the story, the man, he made it clear that the man was in a perilous situation involving the elements. The man was faced with weather that was 75 degrees below zero and he was not physically or mentally prepared for survival. London wrote that the cold "did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold."(p.1745) At first when the man started his journey to the camp, he felt certain that he could make it back to camp before dinner. As the trip progressed, the man made mistake after mistake that sealed his fate. The man's first mistake was to step into a pool of water and soak his legs to the knees. This blunder forced the man to build a fire to dry his wet socks and shoes so his feet would not freeze and become frostbitten. When the man began to build a fire he failed to notice that he was doing so under a large, snow laden spruce tree where he was getting his firewood. When the man had a small fire that was beginning to smolder the disturbance to the tree caused the snow to tumble to the ground and extinguish the fire. "It was his own fault or, rather, his mistake. He should not have built the fire under the spruce tree. He should have built it in the open."(1750).
The young boy is introduced as emotionally unstable based on the harsh effects of Mother Nature. As the boy strengthens his feelings of grief, the snowman remains in a state of cruelty as he suffers outside in the “gnashing” of snow. The boy collects all of his feelings of sadness into his point of view, which guides the reader to generating a sense of pity for the child. The snowman gives the boy a “God-forsaken stare” that essentially is the snowman’s cry for help in the eyes of the boy.
Old Major chose a poor time to launch a rebellion. The dogs showed little care for the outcome of their pups’ upbringing. The hens’ independence could be seen as a bad action to the taking over of the farm. If the sheep were genetically smarter the story’s course could have been changed. Boxer’s tolerance of the pigs could have been a factor leading to his death. Benjamin’s negligence could have been the downfall of the farm. Lastly the remaining pigs selfishness is a contribution leading to the worse then average life of the farm animals. All these animals were responsible for the pigs’ dictatorship.
After the Animal Revolution the pigs take the initiative and place themselves in charge because of their claim of having higher intelligence. Over time this power begins to distort the basis of their revolt by recreating the same social situation they were previously in. “When the pigs takeover they claim that their goal is to preside a farm of equal animals, all working together to support one another, yet power quickly proves too much for a pig.” Though the animals originally took over the farm to increase the animal’s independence as a whole, because of the pig’s superiority they soon take the place of the humans further limiting their independence.
The world today is vastly different from what it was before urbanisation and industrialisation had taken its toll on the world. Since the turn of the new millennium the issue of the environment has suddenly evolved into a widespread issue which is greatly discussed throughout the world. No longer are humans living in a world where the environment is serene or stable but much rather becoming unrecognisable and diminishing before our eyes. The plants, trees and flowers are life forms which God has created for us to enjoy its beauty but it is now solely up to us and many other organisations to protect preserve and respect how fragile our environment really is.