https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m Made by Adam Hameed en-us 2017-04-11 13:07:02 UTC 2024-06-20 12:49:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896528239 Xenotransplantation is the process of mixing human DNA with animal organs in order to make them usable for humans. In Oryx and Crake they breed humans organs in pig like creatures called "Pigoons". In the real world research has started to find a way to create human organs in pigs to solve the human organ transplant crisis. ]]> 2020-11-06 02:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896528239 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896541179 In Oryx and Crake, The character Oryx is a child who falls victim to human trafficking and is sold to America as a sex slave. In the real world there are around 40.3 million human trafficking victims worldwide. For example Jeffrey Epstein's notorious sex trafficking ring involving celebrities like Prince Andrews. ]]> 2020-11-06 02:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896541179 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896551141 In Oryx and Crake, a coffee company nukes forests to have more area to plant coffee beans.  In real world Brazil, rainforests are being burned down to create for farmland.]]> 2020-11-06 02:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896551141 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896587170 In Oryx and Crake, The people are split between the compounds and the pleeblands. The former being for the rich and wealthy and the latter being for the poverty stricken. This dynamic isn't very uncommon throughout the world. Many 2 and 3 worlds countries are split between the rich living in their ivory towers and everyone else struggling to feed themselves each day. ]]> 2020-11-06 02:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896587170 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896593827  As a result of global warming in the world of Oryx and Crake, it is warm all year round and sea level has risen to the point where all of the east coast of north America has been flooded. Parallels to our world are not difficult to draw with it getting hotter each year and the ice caps melting more and more by the day. ]]> 2020-11-06 03:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896593827 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896603498  In Oryx and Crake,  a pharmaceutical company called HelthWyzer creates pandemics throughout the world in order to make money off of the vaccines they sell. In our world there is controversy on whether the COVID-19 pandemic is a natural virus or if it was man made by China. ]]> 2020-11-06 03:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896603498 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896616814 2020-11-06 03:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896616814 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896618383 2020-11-06 03:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896618383 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896620338 2020-11-06 03:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896620338 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896621636 2020-11-06 03:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896621636 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896622593 2020-11-06 03:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896622593 652426 https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896625730 2020-11-06 03:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/652426/llj3vfakws3m/wish/896625730