FOA Naming in the Flood Year by Margaret Atwood The more science advances, the more complex the ethical dilemmas in this field become. We often view scientific advances as beneficial, particularly in relation to our health. Healthcare using stem cells or other cutting-edge technologies can save lives. However, while these advances are made with a noble goal in mind and can be beneficial, they are not without consequences. Margaret Atwood uses diction in her dystopian novel “The Year of the Flood” to address the ethical dilemmas that arise in the interaction between scientific advances, healthcare, the environment and human nature to provide a modern perspective of a dystopian world. After the protagonist Toby's mother died, she was forced to drop out of college because her parents had accumulated too much debt for her to stay in school. He left the HelthWyzer compound where his family lived and his mother was being treated, along with his identity. He took a job working at the counter of the fast food chain called "Secret Burger". Eventually, due to his abusive boss, he ended up joining a sect called the Gardeners. The Gardeners are a religious group who were trying to survive the "Waterless Flood", or the destruction of the human race which according to their religion was the result of human corruption rather than a higher power's decision to sweep away and repair humanity. The waterless flood is a reference to the biblical story of Noah's Ark in which God sends a flood to wipe out the human race for living immorally. The gardeners, led by Adam One, followed many rules, including not eating anything with a face, not using corporate-controlled technology, and following... half of the paper... The second learning outcome in the novel is: Analyze how audience and purpose influence the structure and content of texts. The Year of the Flood is a novel clearly written for the modern age we live in today. His dystopian novel is aimed at a Western and current audience. Therefore many of the main themes of the novel are depicted in a way that shows the new problems of today's society, for example the health problems that are becoming more and more serious as people gradually realize that science does not have the answer to all needs. humans have and which has dangerous side effects for ecosystems and human health. Its main themes address today's culture and expand the problems of government control exposed in the most famous dystopian novels, to illuminate the problems that scientific developments have on the present and future world..