They became obsessed with a female child porn performer known as Oryx. Oryx: as youths, Jimmy and Glenn frequented websites that showcased explicit content such as suicides, executions, and child pornography.When Jimmy shares stories of the past with the Crakers, he says Crake is their god. His evil scheme is the main story, told from Jimmy’s viewpoint. With the combination of a brilliant mind and an extreme view toward humanity, Crake came up with a plan to eradicate the population and replace humans with humanoids of his own creation. Crake (Glenn): a genetic engineer and childhood friend of Jimmy’s.He has never encountered another human in the present-day post-apocalyptic wasteland, until the last few pages of the novel. Jimmy thinks as if he is melting into nothing, hence the new name. When all people worldwide died and were replaced with Crakers, he is still alive but without much purpose. According to Crake, who created the deadly plague, Snowman is immune to the virus. Snowman (Jimmy): after the near-total collapse of the human population, Jimmy calls himself Snowman.There are only four major characters in the novel, including: Jimmy was inadvertently involved in spreading the plague on behalf of Crake. The three of them had a long story from their times as children to adulthood and eventually the destruction of humanity. Flashbacks to days gone by describe his relationship with Crake, the mad scientist and mastermind of the apocalypse, and how they fell for the same girl named Oryx. Jimmy’s perspective makes up the majority of the second storyline. During an interaction with some Crakers, who regard him as a role-model or teacher, he shares stories of his past.

Snowman is one of the few remaining humans responsible for watching over the new breed. Although physically the Crakers resemble humans in many respects, they are devoid of the desire for love and only engage in seasonal sexual activities for the purpose of reproduction. Much of the world is now populated by genetically manipulated creatures known as the Crakers. Society anywhere quickly fell into chaos and billions of people died as a result.

A deadly plague struck hard, rendering men and women infertile. Snowman delivers the first part of the storyline, describing his exploits in the aftermath of an apocalyptic event where the “normal” human population has been almost entirely eradicated.

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