Based on how these ideas are treated in the books, how do you think Bradbury and Atwood feel about society’s tendency to become overly dependent on science and technology?

For your essay, you will need to choose a specific theme that is discussed in both of these novels and then explain, based on what you’ve read, what you think the author’s purpose is in writing this story. How do they feel about something going on in society or what warning are they trying to give to their reader about where our society is headed? For example, the idea of how much we rely on scientific development (Oryx and Crake) and technology (Fahrenheit 451) are major themes in these books. Based on how these ideas are treated in the books, how do you think Bradbury and Atwood feel about society’s tendency to become overly dependent on science and technology? Is this dependence good/bad? Beneficial or harmful? As you answer these questions, you need to take examples from the book to support your points.

Below are questions that hopefully will help you in starting on thinking about your essay. Remember that for your essay, you need to discuss both texts- look at how both deal with a theme/topic. You are not required to choose one of these as a prompt, but if you do want help getting started, these might be able to give you a little push.

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