As I was researching about the environmental degradation for the Pecha Kucha media presentation, I found myself highly interested by the Atwood's perspective towards the current trends of science development from the setting and the main conflict in her novel. The novel takes it's setting in a dystopian future where severe damage has been done to the environment due to the uncontrolled genetic engineering modification. From the severe environment damage, the humanity's standards of living are greatly compromised. Especially, water pollution has a great emphasis in the setting of Oryx and Crake, relating to a serious plague that has left the protagonist, Jimmy who might be the last man of humanity.
I came to a moment of self realization about the connection between the setting of the novel to our real world. Humans continue to push technology forward at the expense of the environment. Of course, our collective reason for doing so is to make our lives more comfortable. However, many studies and images easily found on internet reveal the damage that we are doing to the environmental in this pursuit of comfort. Atwood specifically illustrated her setting and the conflict that deals with the environmental problems that is starting to appear as our technology leaps forward with time.
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