The Crakers Analysis

The Crakers

The green-eyed children of Crake are human beings that have been genetically altered to have more adaptable traits and not have many of the negative traits of humanity. They have been spliced with various animal traits to make them more durable, and Crake has added his own little additions to help to keep them away from the mistakes of man. Once they hit a certain age, they die. No population problem and no suspense. However, there are some things that are intrinsically human that no matter what Crake did, he could not splice out. Singing and dreaming were human traits that Crake could not get rid of without removing the humanity of the Crakers. He though he removed the parts of the brain that he saw as useless or dangerous. However, the Crakers still exhibit behaviors that were not originally intended. Abraham Lincoln displays leadership qualities, and appears to be more outgoing than the others. They create a model of Snowman, something they should not have had the capacity to do, and burn it in an attempt to communicate with him, an idea that was totally their own creation. They also revere Orxy and Crake as gods, despite the fact that they have no real conception of what a god is. The Crakers are symbolic of the inability for man to control everything, and nature’s ability to change. They are also a testament to human nature, and what parts of us are so ingrained into being human that they cannot be done away with.