Oryx and Crake
What is the main conflict in Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood?
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Margaret Atwood's novel Oryx and Crake takes place in a future world where scientific achievements and particularly genetic experimentation are the focus of society. Mankind's obsession with science ultimately allows the ethically blind idealist Crake to destroy human society.