crake

Question 1

crake

Answer 1

name borrowed from Extinctathon

talented scientist who shows no interest in love or friendship, with the exception of Jimmy and Oryx

Question 2

elegant solutions

Answer 2

Crake is obsessed with what he calls “elegant solutions” to human problems like hormones, sex and emotional attachments

Question 3

interest in perfect humans

Answer 3

he becomes increasingly interested in the idea of biologically optimal humans- The Crakers

breed out curiosity, humanism, love and emotional turmoil out of the human condition

“Crake thought he’d done away with all that”

Question 4

belief in humanity

Answer 4

Crake’s belief that humanity, as we know it, is irreversibly flawed becomes an obsessive, manic conviction that drives him to terrible actions

Question 5

craker sex

Answer 5

he changes sex to be “like an athletic demonstration, a free-spirited romp”