About Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Summary

The story took place in Costa Rica where accidents keeps on occurring day after day caused by unknown animals. News have gone around and reached the United States drawing curiosity in US doctors and scientist. There is something unusual happening in this island called Isla Nublar.

Researchers and doctors began to question, others have given their thoughts. Some explained its dinosaurs but others think that its impossible because they were extinct billions of years ago. But it is starting to happen again, in this island in Costa Rica.

At the end of the book, some people already knew what was on that island but a lot still didn't. The government didn't want the news to spread around so they made those people who knew stay in their country for awhile so they can study about what those things are before word goes around. But something was happening, there might be more animals out in the jungle and they don't know what it will do. The animals want are migrating and they don't know what might happen next.

Theme

I think the theme of this book is about survival. Humans have always had to fight for survival against nature. Technology has a big role in helping us figure out how humans can survive when that time comes. Nature is unpredictable and that's the biggest challenge we have to face. We have tried predicting everything but changes happens. We think we can control the outcome when in reality, we can't. We have to adjust in what's happening around us and accept the fact that we can't save the whole planet. We don't have that power against nature.

Character Analysis

Dr. Bobbie Carter – a doctor in Costa Rica who helps people who are injured or sick.
Bobbie was thinking about the boy hands. They had been covered with cuts and bruises, in the characteristic pattern of defense wounds. She was quite sure he had not died in a construction accident; he had been attacked and he had held up his hands against his attacker. Where is this island they've come from?

Alice Levin - she saw Tina's drawing of the lizard and explained that it was a dinosaur. She is a technician.
'No,' Alice Levine said, shaking her head. 'Look at it. It's very clear. Big head, long neck, stands on its hind legs, thick tails. It's a dinosaur.'

Powerful Quotes

Let's be clear. The planet is not in jeopardy. We are in jeopardy. We haven't got the power to destroy the planet- or to save it. But we might have the power to save ourselves.
I thought this quote was powerful because it explained the reality of nature and humanity. We are the destruction and we are creating the destruction and now its coming back to us. Humans need nature to survive, but nature doesn't need us. So if we keep on destroying it, we're only hurting ourselves.

The shorthand is the butterfly effect. A butterfly flaps its wings in Pecking and weather in New York is different.
I picked this quote because they were talking about the butterfly effect. It's interesting to think about how one thing affects what's going to happen next. There's so many what if's and all these questions about possibilities of what could've happened, all these questions unanswered about nature.

Ending

I thought the ending was interesting because they ended it in away where the dinosaurs didn't go extinct and they didn't decide to capture them. The ending is just the beginning of this story. People still doesn't know what's going on and what those animals are.

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