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The article explores how Oryx's narrative highlights systemic child trafficking and exploitation within power structures.

“Born to Be Sold”: Child Commodification, Sexual Exploitation, and Systemic Impunity in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake and the Jeffrey Epstein Network

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This analysis discusses child trafficking and exploitation in Oryx and Crake, highlighting systemic failures and implications.

The article explores how Oryx's narrative highlights systemic child trafficking and exploitation within power structures.
Close reading of Oryx and Crake with a focus on Oryx's commodification and exploitation.
Analysis through feminist literary criticism, postcolonial theory, trauma studies, and Marxist theories.
Comparative examination of narratives in Atwood's work and evidence from the Jeffrey Epstein network.
Reveals the mechanisms of child trafficking linked to commodification and systemic impunity.
Identifies patterns of exploitation and silence enforced upon victims.
Suggests that both Atwood's fictional narrative and real-world cases expose failures in legal and political systems.

Saleh Altam (2026) studied this question.

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