In around 2030, Jimmy’s largely unhappy childhood is described with an absent mother and a father that struggle to connect with the boy. The story is told by a series of flashbacks going back to when Snowman was a boy called Jimmy. They seek to learn from Jimmy but are programmed to drop dead at the age of thirty, having children that mature more rapidly than humans do. Jimmy protects them and makes sure nothing harms or confuses them. They contain the best genetic material from across all creatures, according to Crake. The Crakers are humanoid creatures created by Crake who live harmoniously in the Paradise project. During the novel, she becomes both Snowman and Crake’s lover. As a young woman after being sold by her mother, Oryx is sold from one man to the next until she is found in a locked garage. It is unclear whether she is the child sex slave that both Jimmy and Crake become obsessed with. When Jimmy and Glenn are young they regularly frequent sites detailing executions, assisted suicides, and child pornography. Glenn spirals throughout the novel into the evil genius and mad scientist character. His unique ideas coupled with being an extraordinary geneticist lead him to create the humanoids known as the Crakers. Glenn is a brilliant student that goes on to study genetics at the prestigious Watson-Crick institute. Glenn and Jimmy first meet when he is an exchange student.
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