The author of an article I read for my term paper writes that SF and myths operate similarly. Both are a reflection of man's thirst for knowledge about his origins and his fate; SF is considered a more self-conscious form of myth-making. This is especially prevalent in Oryx & Crake, during those instances when the Children of Crake ask Snowman to tell them creation stories. Oryx and Crake are likened to Godlike beings: "Crake made the bones of the Children of Crake out of the coral on the beach, and then he made their flesh out of a mango. But the Children of Oryx hatched out of an egg, a giant egg laid by Oryx herself" (96).

Snowman, in this story, represents the last remnants of mankind, though at times, he loses sense of who and what he is/was. I thought it was interesting that the female Children of Crake were disturbing to Snowman. "They're every known colour from deepest black to whitest white...each one of them is admirably proportioned. Each is sound of tooth, smooth of skin. No ripples of fat around their waists, no bulges, no dimpled orange-skin cellulite on their thighs...They look like retouched fashion photos" (100). In other words, these women are "perfect." Despite their perfection, Snowman does not find them sexually attractive. As cliche as this may be, flaws individualize people and make them special; imperfection gives more personality to a face than perfect symmetry does.

These women are too perfect. "These new women are neither lopsided nor sad: they're placid, like animated statues" (100). The Children of Crake are too well created for this post-apocalyptic environment. They may look human, but they aren't human.