The crakers

Question 1

pitched

Answer 1

as “floor models” - meant to be sold as genetically perfect children

however, actually the plan is to eradicate humanity and leave the Crakers in the place of humans

Question 2

features

Answer 2

they are strikingly beautiful, with perfect features and flawless skin that is immune to UV damage

digestive system of a rabbit- able to eat simple vegetation, so food not scarce

love: reproductive act once every three years per females

Question 3

sex

Answer 3

sexual and romantic frustration are absent from them

basically sexless

Question 4

questions

Answer 4

they ask about their past and Jimmy creates a mythology for them, with Crake as their God

“they’ve developed reverence”

Question 5

humans or not?

Answer 5

it is unclear whether or not we should consider the Crakers “human”, but their interest in art and history is distinctly humanistic

Question 6

want to hear mythology

Answer 6

an innate part of human languages, due to the use of past and future tenses, which create that possibility

Question 7

genetic modifications

Answer 7

eat leaves - so won’t need agriculture

don’t eat animals - won’t need factory farming

no clothes - no fashion industry

sounds utopian

Question 8

the crakers are

Answer 8

amoral and have no capacity for ill, or not yet