Demon Out of Freezer and the Havoc Around it: A Bioethical Analysis of Carole Stivers’ The Mother Code

Anupriya C.
Full Time Research Scholar, Register No: 241131802004,
Department of English and Research Centre, Sree Ayyappa College for Women, Chunkankadai.
(Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapetti, Tirunelveli 627012.)

Dr. N. U. Lekshmi
Associate Professor and Research Guide,
Department of English and Research Centre, Sree Ayyappa College for Women, Chunkankadai.
(Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Abishekapetti, Tirunelveli 627012.)

Abstract
The present paper “Demon Out of Freezer and the Havoc Around it: A Bioethical Analysis of Carole Stivers’ The Mother Code” attempts to bring out the need for bioethics in the technologically modified world. The novel gives a detailed analysis of the problems created due to lack of bioethical values among the scientific community. Medical Humanities is the major aspect of this work, as the work deals with bio warfare and the devastating results of bio war. In The Mother Code, Carole Strives brings to readers the realities of biopolitics and the results of power landing in the wrong hands. It also sheds light on the brutal realities of the aftermaths of bio war and the struggles to contain bioagents. The paper focuses on the lack of ethical values among the scientific community and the price to be paid for it.

Keywords: Power, Biopolitics, Bio war, Bioagent, Biopower.