Stella's Oryx and Crake Blog

In the fall we read The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood. That story while it was of literary merit was also a fun read. Oryx and Crake is very similar in that way.   The author does a great job bringing a reader in with exciting diction, tone, and stories in general. The book moves at a quick pace making it enjoyable to read. Because of the literary devices used in this novel I think it could make a good AP book. There are also some things that make it seem like a book you might just read at home and not in a school setting. It is definitely meant for an older grade and I probably wouldn’t recommend it to freshman, but for AP literature it might be worth a shot. There are many references to “inappropriate topics”, but for the most part it is school appropriate.   I would even recommend this book as just a fun book to read on the side especially if you enjoy dystopian novels. It is only the first book in a series of three and at some point I hope to read the others. Allusions...

                                          Margaret Atwoods Style Now I have read one and a half of Margaret Atwood's books. There are definitely some similarities in style between The Handmaids Tail and Oryx and Crake. For starters there is lots of time jumping from the past to present. In The Handmaids Tail Offred shares her memories from the past. In Oryx and Crake we also read about the main character, Snowman's past. These time jumps can sometimes be confusing, but also add a lot to the story. It makes it a lot more interesting to read, and it almost feels like you are reading two separate stories at once. The story talks about memories from Jimmy's life and also the current events in the main character Snowman (who was once named Jimmy before everything changed). These stories from Jimmy's life are often descriptive, yet Snowman often says he has trouble reme...

                                                                                                                          Snowman The main character throughout the book is Snowman. While this wasn't his original name, in this post apocalyptic world this is what he's called. The name snowman can be interpreted in different ways. Initially I thought he was named Snowman because he was white and susceptible to the outside weather. Then I learned that he named himself after the abominable snowman. If anyone doesn't know an abominable snowman is, according to Merriam Webster, an abominable snowman is a mysterious creature with human ...