Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park, a novel by Michael Crichton is an intellectual mind thriller. This science fiction ride is full of tension and intellect. The story is about a man filled with greed and his experimental use of genetics to create extinct life forms namely, dinosaurs. The profound themes and exhilarating plot line give society a new outlook on life and technology.
The plot of Jurassic Park is both complex and provocative. Early in the novel we are told about several "reptile" attacks in the country of Costa Rica. John Hammond, an aged, wealthy, eccentric scientist and owner of the bio-genetics company Ingen, attempts to build the extreme of all theme parks. He creates his own island on the top of a volcanic landmass and names it Isla Nublar. It is the extreme of all parks, because it contains dinosaurs, which are meant to be gone of this Earth. However, before the park opens to the public, Hammond’s lawyer, Donald Genarro believes that Hammond must first get the reactions and opinions of an elite group of people. Among this group is Dr. Alan Grant, a palaeontologist, Ellie Sattler, Grant’s student and paleobotonist and Ian Malcolm, a mathematician highly fascinated with the chaos theory. Along with the group are Hammond’s grand children, Tim and Lex Murphy. These people are invited for a tour of the park and its buildings. Meanwhile, the systems designer for the park Dennis Nedry decides to turn his back on the company in his own greed. He meets with Lewis Dodgson, founder of Ingen’s rival company to receive his instructions. He is offered one and a half million dollars if he is successful in stealing embryos from the park labs. While the group of individuals is on their tour of the park, they witness some of the dinosaurs, raptors, on a boat leaving the mainland. They are escaping. Not soon after this encounter, Nedry decides to go through with his plan. In the midst of all his deceptions, he is successful in turning off the security systems to the park, helped along with a power failure. This means the tour group is stranded and the animals can break free. Coincidentally, when this occurs, the group’s means of travel, two...