"Beauty, Grace, Truth of the First Water, I knew they were all beyond me. So I took a knook."

 

This quote shows the use of servants to procure better aesthetics. In this case Pozzo says he attained a servant or a "knook" just so his body could attain better things he couldn't achieve normally. 

 

This can be directly compared to Oryx and Crake where Crake hopes for a "civilization of Crakers" (Atwood 230) which embody greater physical characteristics.

 

Additionally, this quote shows the use of his wealthiness to attain such things as "beauty". In Oryx and Crake, Crake says:

 

“The best diseases, from a business point of view . . . would be those that cause lingering illnesses. Ideally – that is, for maximum profit – the patient should either get well or die just before all of his or her money runs out. It’s a fine calculation.” (Atwood, 183).

 

in both instances a Marxist perspective is described. Let's go to the themes page to get a better understanding of Marxism

 

In Oryx and Crake, the notion of profit is discussed (i.e. above), speaking to the socioeconomic status that Crake, and the compounders had through their unorthodox means of reaching the uper echeolon of society. In Waiting for Godot, Pozzo is within the upper level of socioeconomic status, and shows this off through the procurement of a knook. He ultimately uses this level of wealth to fulfill a certain goal. It is also made evident in the way Pozzo treats Lucky that there is a disparity in social class, giving Pozzo the ability or power to treat lucky as his slave.

 

This ultimately shows that in  both scenarios, through the use of wealth and money, both characters achieve what they envision - Crake with his civilization of Crakers and Pozzo, using his slave to achieve what was "beyond" him.