Oryx And Crake And The Carhulke As A Dystopian Society

Both Oryx and Crake and The Carhullan Army exhibit components of the establishment of a utopia, within a dystopia. A dystopia is defined as â€Å"an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one† (Oxford Dictionaries, 2017). Contrastingly, a utopia is defined as â€Å"an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect† (Oxford Dictionaries, 2017). The extent to which a utopia is established in a dystopian society is evident in a multitude of elements, such as, the founding and running of a smaller, more ideal society. However, despite efforts that contribute towards the formation of a utopian society, dystopic features are inevitable and thus, limit the†¦show more content†¦The Carhullan Army additionally conforms to this prerequisite of a prior dystopian society. In the novel, a dystopian society is similarly evident in the main protagonist’s perspective of the surrounding world. She describes the town to have its â€Å"streets†¦deserted and everything†¦quiet† (page 10), with a â€Å"familiar smell of flooded homes† (page 12) and the consequence of a â€Å"fuel crisis† (page 22). This illustration of the town paints a reflection of an unpleasant surrounding caused by destruction and thus, a dystopia. Additionally, it’s her perspective that â€Å"everything has fallen too far. The people were oppressed†¦ the government had long time failed them, and would go on to failing them. It was a place of desperation and despotism†¦ nothing worse could have befallen it than its current state† (page 176). In this description of the town, it reflects the brutality enforced upon the population, with the government subjecting them to widespread suffering and oppression. In fact, the situation is so severe the situation is described to be so bad that it cannot worsen, which is the defining factor in making it a dystopia. In Oryx and Crake, a utopia is evident within this dystopian world, through the preservation of the human race through the genetically modified, Crakers. The Crakers were designed to be the most ideal version of homo sapiens, both physically and socially and consequently, would form a utopia through an ideal