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ORYX AND CRAKE - GLOBAL ISSUES ORAL IDEAS - Coggle Diagram
ORYX AND CRAKE
- GLOBAL ISSUES ORAL IDEAS
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology:
Investigate the ethical implications of genetic engineering and biotechnology as depicted in the novel.
Discuss the potential benefits and risks of manipulating genetic material and the control of corporations over biotechnology.
The impact on biodiversity and ecosystems due to genetic engineering and modifications.
Environmental Degradation and Climate Change:
Analyse the novel's portrayal of environmental degradation and climate change.
Explore how human actions in the novel led to catastrophic consequences and compare them to real-world issues of environmental degradation and global warming.
Corporate Control and Capitalism:
Examine the role of corporations and capitalist systems.
Discuss how corporate control affects society's well-being, access to resources, and influence over political decisions. Can draw parallels to real-world corporate influence and its impact on society.
Social Inequality and Class Divide:
Investigate the depiction of social inequality and class division in the novel.
Analyse how social hierarchies are established and maintained, leading to divisions and disparities in the characters' lives. Then, I could relate these issues to global inequality and its consequences.
Loss of Privacy and Surveillance:
Exploring the loss of privacy and the surveillance - Pleeblands requiring ID bands.
Discuss the implications of mass surveillance and its effects on individual freedoms and human rights in the novel and in the contemporary world.
Pandemics and Global Health Crises:
Analyse the theme of pandemics and global health crises.
Discuss how the spread of diseases in the novel is connected to human actions and negligence. Can
relate this theme to real-world global health challenges and preparedness.
Bioethics and Morality:
Examine the ethical dilemmas faced by characters in the novel regarding bioengineering, scientific experimentation, and moral responsibility.
Discuss the importance of bioethics in modern scientific research and its impact on society.
Isolation and Mental Health:
Analyse the effects of isolation and its impact on mental health and how we interact/precieve others.
Discuss the psychological consequences of extreme loneliness and disconnection in the novel and explore how these themes relate to mental health issues in today's society.
Technological advancements has made us lonelier and more self dependant - require the use of AI and tech to solve all our problems over studying and investigation it through human means using critical and creative thinking, collaboration with others and analysing the roles and impacts of this as a global citizen
Humanity's Relationship with Nature:
Explore the novel's portrayal of humanity's relationship with nature and the consequences of exploiting natural resources.
Discuss the concept of "Nature as a commodity" and its parallels to real-world environmental debates.
Education and Knowledge Control:
Investigate the role of education and knowledge control in shaping society's beliefs and behaviors in the novel.
Discuss the importance of education in empowering individuals and countering misinformation in the contemporary world.
Investigation the disparities between a Crake mindset and a Jimmy mindset (looking at the world through a scientific lens vs one around arts and hummanities)