Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Back to Library
Read Chapter Summaries
Oryx and Crake
Public book overview with generated synopsis from the full running summary.
66 chapters101en
Summary•EnglishSynopsis
Quick synopsis of the book's plot, generated by our AI models.
Snowman, once Jimmy—son of a bio‑engineer who helped create transgenic “pigoons” for organ harvesting—wakes each day in the ruined world of the pleeblands, haunted by a broken watch, insect bites and disembodied voices while recalling a traumatic childhood, his parents’ involvement with OrganInc, and his uneasy friendship with the brilliant yet nihilistic Crake. As teenagers they discover the disturbing Oryx through illicit videos, partner on school projects, and later infiltrate the elite Watson‑Crick Institute where Crake’s cold commodification of life deepens Jimmy’s alienation. After surviving storms, feral pigoons, and a CorpSeCorps interrogation that likely confirms his mother’s execution, Jimmy joins Crake in the secure Paradice dome, watches Crake murder Oryx when she warns that the new BlyssPluss pill will unleash a hemorrhagic plague, and in a desperate act shoots Crake dead before the dome collapses. Wounded, infected, and isolated, Snowman scavenges germicide, leads the nascent Crakers—engineered humans freed from Crake’s vision—out of the shattered compound, shepherds them across the desolate landscape to a seaside refuge, and delivers a bleak yet hopeful sermon as he settles into his reluctant role as their guardian.
Bibliographic Details
Details from the uploaded book file.
Primary Author
Margaret Atwood
Source Title
Oryx and Crake
Publisher
Doubleday
Language
en
Summary Language
English
Published Date
0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Published Year
101
Rights
Not available
Contributors
Margaret Atwood (Author)
Identifiers
UUID - 79F2E255-4BD6-43FE-AE2B-6EFE3667C68B
Description
No bibliographic description provided.
Chapter Summary Pages
Chapter 2: Mango
Chapter 3: Flotsam
Chapter 4: Voice
Chapter 5: Bonfire
Chapter 6: OrganInc Farms
Chapter 7: Lunch
Chapter 8: Nooners
Chapter 9: Downpour
Chapter 10: Rakunk
Chapter 11: Hammer
Chapter 12: Crake
Chapter 13: Brainfrizz
Chapter 14: HottTotts
Chapter 15: 5
Chapter 16: Toast
Chapter 17: Fish
Chapter 18: Bottle
Chapter 19: 6
Chapter 20: Oryx
Chapter 21: Birdcall
Chapter 22: Roses
Chapter 23: Pixieland Jazz
Chapter 24: 7
Chapter 25: Sveltana
Chapter 26: Purring
Chapter 27: Blue
Chapter 28: 8
Chapter 29: SoYummie
Chapter 30: Happicuppa
Chapter 31: Applied Rhetoric
Chapter 32: Asperger’s U.
Chapter 33: Wolvogs
Chapter 34: Hypothetical
Chapter 35: Extinctathon
Chapter 36: 9
Chapter 37: Hike
Chapter 38: RejoovenEsense
Chapter 39: Chapter 39
Chapter 40: 10
Chapter 41: Vulturizing
Chapter 42: AnooYoo
Chapter 43: Garage
Chapter 44: Gripless
Chapter 45: 11
Chapter 46: Pigoons
Chapter 47: Radio
Chapter 48: Rampart
Chapter 49: 12
Chapter 50: Pleebcrawl
Chapter 51: BlyssPluss
Chapter 52: MaddAddam
Chapter 53: Paradice
Chapter 54: Crake in Love
Chapter 55: Takeout
Chapter 56: Airlock
Chapter 57: 13
Chapter 58: Bubble
Chapter 59: Scribble
Chapter 60: Remnant
Chapter 61: 14
Chapter 62: Idol
Chapter 63: Sermon
Chapter 64: 15
Chapter 65: Footprint
Chapter 66: Acknowledgments
Characters
Character directory for this processed book.
Childrenneutral
A group of naked, multicolored children collect flotsam, chant to Snowman, and question his appearance.
Crakemale
Crake is referenced as the originator of naming rules and the abolition of beards. Snowman directs an angry tirade at Crake
Snowmanmale
Snowman interacts with children, reassures safety of flotsam, repeats feather myth, invokes Crake, uses profanity, and dismisses children. Snowman experiences heightened loneliness, self‑critical physical inspection, and curses Crake Endures a thunderstorm, shelters on tire island, gathers beer bottles, drinks dirty water from bridge overhang, and wrestles with self‑critical inner monologue.
Oryxfemale
Snowman's recollection that Oryx is now quiet
WomanVoicefemale
A disembodied woman's voice whispers compliments to Snowman
CorpSeCorps menneutral
Security forces associated with OrganInc Farms, constantly on alert
Jimmy's fathermale
Father of Snowman/Jimmy, a leading genographer at OrganInc Farms who spearheads the pigoon project
Ramonafemale
Young lab technician who eats lunch with Jimmy and his father, offers comfort and comments on Sharon's health
Sharonfemale
Jimmy's mother, described as ill and intellectually notable Mother's professional role and personal habits revealed.
Doloresfemale
Jimmy's former live-in caretaker from the Philippines.
A perky, condescending schoolteacher voice that appears mentally, using vulgar insults, then disappears.
Alexneutral
Parrot featured on instructional CD‑ROMs that Jimmy watches at school.
Rakunkneutral
Jimmy receives a pet rakunk on his tenth birthday and names it Killer.
Wakulla Pricefemale
Jimmy's school crush who compliments him and pets Killer.
Related Books
Discover similar books in our library.