In the 21st century, technology is a part of everyday life. Technology can be found everywhere- in hospitals, vehicles, and the smartphones in our pockets. Advancements in technology allow for many great things such as faster, more efficient traveling, more options for those suffering from critical illness, and interacting with individuals across the world. Although technology is full of fantastic wonders, it also has a negative side; people become much too reliant on these man-made wonders. Sometimes the wonders of technology can be taken too far and may cross ethical boundaries. In her narrative speculative fiction novel, Margaret Atwood explores the blurred lines between capitalist gain, morality and ethics in her novel Oryx and Crake by using the main characters Jimmy and Crake, as foil characters for one another.
Capitalism is continuously occurring in society today. Pharmaceutical companies, as an example, price medications outrageously high. Essential drugs that are needed to fight…show more content… Through the character of Crake, capitalist gain is explored. Crake has no regard for morals and ethics, but is concerned with making money and finding new, better ways to do things. HelthWyzer, a pharmaceutical company Crake is working with, begins embedding a virus into vitamins so that individuals will have to start paying premiums for medication to fix the virus planted. Crake tells Jimmy about HealthWyzer's plan and Crake expresses very little emotional feelings, but instead is interested in finding a way to make the most money for the company: “Ideally- that is, for maximum profit- the patient should either get well or die before all his or her money runs out” (Atwood, 211). Crake expresses no feelings regarding the money that the company is essentially stripping from the people, but is concerned with making the most money possible for the