Oryx And Crake Character Profile - 1256 Words

In the book Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, one specific character portrays great knowledge of the world and life while many other characters lack intelligence and morals. If my child were to be taken care of by one character in this book I would pick the character to help my child grow and develop in the best way possible. There are many choices of characters to raise this child, Jimmy, Snowman, Crake, and Oryx. But, I would choose Snowman, the futuristic version of the character Jimmy, to raise my child. There are many reasons why I would choose Snowman, but there are also many reasons why the other characters would not be as good of a choice. Jimmy is the first example of someone I would never trust to rase my child. In the†¦show more content†¦People in the village who were in need of money would sell their own children to him in exchange for money. These children then went to live with him in a much bigger city than their village and were sent out as flower se llers. However, it was a bit different for Oryx. Although she did start out as a flower seller, uncle En soon brainwashed her into participating in pornography videos. Her uncle told her that this wasn t wrong and basically tricked her by convincing her that she was loved and that being in these videos was a good thing. Not knowing any better, she willingly participated in these videos that were published to an online site. Jimmy even watched an online pornography video with her Oryx participating in it. She was with him at the time they were watching and as the book notes, Oryx stops what she’s doing â€Å"then she looked over her shoulder and right into the eyes of the viewer— right into Jimmy’s eyes, into the secret person inside him. I see you, that look she said. I see you watching. I know you. I know what you want† ( page 90-91). The word that came out from her mouth was not the type of words that a young child should be saying. Oryx, just a girl, had a very scaring childhood. Because of this, she wouldn t know right from wrong, and in fact, doesn t even know what right and wrong mean. She wouldn’t know the difference between the two, so she wouldn’t be able to teach it to a child. Oryx veryShow MoreRelatedOryx and Crake Essay2161 Words   |  9 Pagesï » ¿ December 12, 2013 The Importance of Childhood in Oryx And Crake In Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake we see the cause and effect of how our childhood and how we are raised has a large correlation to what type of adult we become. Through the character of Jimmy and later his new persona Snowman, the reader is shown the detrimental effects of an abandoned childhood. Not only do Jimmy’s poor choices in his adult life have a clear link to his neglected and unguided childhood they also create an adult