Adventure of the American Mind

ECOFEMINIST LITERATURE

Oryx and Crake--Margaret Atwood

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PowerPoint:		Movie Resources to enhance the study of the novel . Miss America, 1921 Credits: Library of Congress Digital ID: cph 3c19624	*Discussion: What does Oryx and Crake* have in common with the other novels we have studied?** copyright John Mietlicki2005 Polar Bear Payton and Mom
Topics to engage students with the novel and its ecofeminist issues Gorilla: Endangered species Mother and son copyright John Mietlicki 2005
	1. Biography of Atwood 2. Fact - or - Fiction? 3. "Dreams of Animals"-poem by Atwood 4. Genetic Engineering 5. Epigrams in the novel 6. Games and virtual reality 7. Mahatma Gandi - Seven Blunders of the World xxxxxx Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. Credits: Library of Congress Digital ID: LC-USZ62-97285 8. Jimmy & the Abominable Snowman 9. Humanity, a negative utopia xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx copyright John Mietlicki 2005 xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx copyright John Mietlicki 2006 Activities and discussion are included in this PowerPoint Presentation. xxxxxxx xxxxx copyright John Mietlicki 2002 Bison, Endangered Species xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx copyrightconniemietlicki2006 xxxxx xxxxxxx Pig, not endangered xxxxxxxxx copyright John Mietlicki 2002	Jurassic Park Scientists develop a means of bringing dinosaurs to life using DNA taken from dino' blood, which has been preserved inside insects encased in amber.	1. Structure: We “know” the ending before the action of the novel begins--there is a sense of foreboding created by the authors early on: xxIn the Time of Butterflies Shark Dialogues The Secret Life of Bees 2. Women as a source of rebirth and renewal of the spirit: Oryx and Crake - Oryx teaches the Crakers how to survive in nature xxxThe Secret Life of Bees xxxThe Bean Trees xxxShark Dialogues 3. Power of the Written Word The Bean Trees ends with Taylor writing her story Shark Dialogues ends with Jess writing her story Snowman finds a journal he had kept from before the disaster Mate’s journal in In The Time of Butterflies 4. Opposition to domination xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxcopyright John Mietlicki 2006
		The Postman In the year 2013 civilization has all but destroyed itself. After a war that decimated the government and most of the population of the United States (possibly the world) people struggle to survive against starvation and rogue groups of armed men.
		Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Dr. Frankenstein creates a simple creature from various body parts. The creature turns into a monster when Dr. Frankenstein rejects him. Sticking close to the original novel, Kenneth Branagh guides us through the story of Frankensteins quest for knowledge, and his creatures search for his "father".
		Gattaca Gattaca Corp. is an aerospace firm in the future. During this time society analyzes your DNA and determines where you belong in life. Ethan Hawke's character was born with a congenital heart condition which would cast him out of getting a chance to travel in space. So in turn he assumes the identity of an athlete who has genes that would allow him to achieve his dream of space travel.
		AI In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting raise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve him. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica	How is it different? 1. Male protagonist 2. Global impact 3. What if scenario? 4. Post-modern influence 5. Impossibility of balance being achievable
		The Island of Dr. Moreau 1996 remake of the 1977 film stars Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, and Dragonheart's David Thewlis. Set in the year 2010, Dr. Moreau (Brando) has successfully combined human and animal DNA to make a crossbreed animal. Well, as usual, something goes wrong and David Thewlis must try to stop it before it is too late.	copyright conniemietlicki2006 copyrightconniemietlicki2006 xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx Indigenous to Chicago xxxxxxx "The Parking Lot Seagull"
		The Boys From Brazil In the movie, Josef Mengele clones Adolph Hitler several times over and attempts to have the boys each undergo the same childhood experiences and rearing that Hitler had, in order to re-create his psyche and breed a new "Hitler for the times" so as to re-establish the Nazi regime. xxxxxxxxxx xxxx Racoon, not endangered xxxxx copyright John Mietlicki 2002

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Last Updated on June 27, 2006