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Jurassic Park Quotes

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Hammond states this to Dr. Wu in the chapter, Bungalow. In this quote Hammond refuses to face the reality of how unsafe his park is, even though countless amount of evidence is set in front him. Not to mention he also refuses to believe that the dinosaurs have found a way to breed despite of the scientists’ precautions. Between his stubbornness and old age we observe that Hammond is actually out of his mind. Later on, after the island is in pieces and most of the staff is dead, Hammond still believes that he still/should build another Jurassic Park. Though in the beginning the novel vilified Nerdy, Hammond emerges as the real villain of the story with his abuse of the scientific power. This quote helps you understand who the real protagonist and real antagonist are. Nerdy was just a pod in the author’s game, to figure whose fault is. (Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Chapter Bungalow) …show more content…

In the novel the main themes are; greed, science, and wisdom and knowledge. Wisdom and Knowledge, an example would be Grant’s knowledge that helped save himself and others from the velociraptors. In the laboratory there were lethal syringes, that scientist kept in case they ever needed to use to quickly kill a dinosaur. Knowing the raptors would try to eat the dinosaurs’ eggs, Grant injects several eggs. Due to his knowledge, he managed to get two out of three of the dinosaurs. Furthermore, another theme in the novel would be greed. Though Hammond’s park is shattered into pieces, he still believes that he should build another park. Not only that, but he believes that greed is “good”. Science, science is one of the biggest themes in the novel. For example, Malcolm’s predicting the downfall of the park with the use of chaos

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