Analysis and Interpretation of "Timeline"
Analysis and Interpretation of "Timeline"
I. Crichton, Michael, “Timeline”, New York: Ballantine, 2000. (498 pages).
II. The main characters are digging at a historic site. Their professor lives with some people. Later, they find a note written by the professor, but it was written a long time ago. They discover that a research group has invented a time machine. They go back in time to save their professor. They meet up with people from this medieval time. They are forced to fight in a battle to save their professor. One of the characters decides to stay in that time period. Meanwhile, back in the present, the time machine breaks and must be repaired in time for the others to get back. Marek stays behind and the others get back safely.
III. The main characters are Marek, Kate, Chris, Johnson, and Stern. Marek is a strong middle-aged man, about 30. He is an archeologist and is deep in his studies of medieval time’s warfare. He is tall with dark brown hair, and he cares about his friends. Kate is also an archeologist. She likes Chris and is very interested in in the structure of the old castles and buildings. Chris is a young man, about 25, who likes Kate and is jealous of Marek. He is a good guy and does not know as much as everybody else. Johnson is an old professor. He is the leader of the archeologist, and knows everything about it all (so he thinks). Stern is also and archeologist. He is kind of a coward but is very smart and can think on his feet. Also, the princess of the castle is a main character. Julie thinks that the way things are going, in the past, is wrong. She is very pretty and falls in love with Marek. All of these characters are revealed directly. Ferdan is a strange fellow. He is a little older than Marek and almost as smart as warfare. He is evil and tries to make the group stay and not rescue their professor. His attitude and background are presented in directly.
IV. The most intense part of the story for me was when they were on their way back to the present day, and did...