Jurassic Park Themes

Jurassic era. Steven Spielberg took on this book, as a movie project to add to

Director, screenwriter, and producer, Stephen Spielberg, has been often described by critics as being one of the trailblazers who paved the way for the new Hollywood era. In fact, one of Spielberg’s earliest films, JAWS, captured the audience’s attentions so vividly that the movie remains to be a cult classic even decades later. The audience sunk its teeth deep into the enticing combination of drama, thrill, science-fiction, and adventure the film obtained. At face value, JAWS appears to be focused on a giant monstrous fish, but with further analyzation of the plot structure, narration, and original music demonstrates the brilliance and complexity of why JAWS is a well deserving Oscar-winning movie.

One of the most iconic movies in American culture is “Jurassic Park” by Steven Spielberg. One of the most remembered scenes from this movie is the kitchen scene where Tim Murphy and Lex, as well as two bloodthirsty raptors, are trapped in a kitchen within the park. This scene combines mise-en-scene, cinematography and sound effects to create an immersive environment filled with suspense and uncertainty to captivate audiences.

In the short story “A Sound of Thunder” Ray Bradbury tells the story about Eckles, a man wanting to time travel back to the Mesozoic Era, the age of the dinosaurs. He wants to hunt the gigantic Tyrannosaurus Rex. Throughout the story Ray Bradbury uses imagery to broaden the plot and divulge the theme. The imagery helps set up all the intricate details our author deems important.The author provides us with enough imagery to develop the characters and foreshadow the plot.

After watching and analyzing the action adventure film, Indiana Jones - “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (2008) and the Sci-Fi thriller, The Matrix (1999) many cinematic elements attracted my attention. With three very distinct and ingenious directors, (Spielberg and the Wachowskis siblings) these two films exemplified extraordinary uses of lighting, framing, editing and sound techniques unique to its own genre.

Jurassic Park is classified as a science fiction book or sci-fi for short. It ties imagination and scientific fact together. There were several biological concepts that were discussed in this thrilling story. These were the concepts that stood out to me the most: adaption, biotechnology, and amino-acid deficiency.

Dinosaurs ruled the earth for over 65 million years and thankfully for the human race, they became extinct. Ultimately, only a major catastrophe could completely wipe out an entire species, let alone an entity of dinosaurs and the debacle on the causes of dinosaur extinction have flooded the minds of paleontologists for centuries. Geologist and zoologist Stephen Jay Gould published “Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs,” to compare scientific and speculative causes of dinosaur decimation. Personally, I found this passage very informational and enjoyed reading it. Gould provides three theories that capture the reader’s curiosity, allowing room for pondering in one’s mind.

The reference to Jurassic Park effectively persuades the audience to continue reading, by starting off with a reference, that most, if not all

The book Wildlife by Cynthia Defelice is an outstanding book. It is a fiction book which means that it did not happen in real life. This is about a kid named Erik that found out his mom and dad had to get shipped to a foreign country to serve and fight for their country. He must go live with his grandma and grandpa for a long time. He does not want to go but his parents have nowhere else to send him. A dog then shows up at Erik’s grandmas steps and Erik wants to keep it. He then runs away with the dog and goes hunting with it and his grandma and grandpa worry about him very much. He then comes back to the house after being out so long and the dog’s owner comes back and gets the dog.

    "The world was made for man to conquer and rule, and under human rule it was meant to become a paradise" (Ishmael 82). Much like this evolutionary mythological theory, the movie Jurassic Park tells a tale of man's attempt to rule over nature. Through the movie's description and imagery, the viewer perceives the arrogance of humans to control nature, and the consequences and failures of this flawed intention. John Hammond, park creator, uses state of the art technology and ideas to recover dinosaur DNA, fill in missing gene caps, and breed the previously extinct animals to exploit his accomplishment. This process is set into motion without regard to the ethics behind the research, and

Jurassic Park centers around a group of scientists bringing back the dinosaurs from extinction, using prehistoric DNA stored in amber. Dr. Ellie Sattler(Paleobotanist), Ian Malcolm(Mathematician), Dr. Alan Grant (Paleotologist), Donald Gennaro(Lawyer) are invited to tour the island owned by John Hammond, near Costa Rica, which is populated by genetically engineered dinosaurs. As they toured the island, Dennis Nedry (Computer Technician) steals some dinosaur egg embryo after shutting down the parks security system. This resulted in the release of the dinosaurs as they ran amuck the park, which forces the visitors to fight for their survival as they try to restore the power and escape the island.

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) and his other film Jurassic Park (1993) both contain a major theme of what makes a successful hero in society. In Jaws, police chief Martin Brody must successfully eliminate the threat of a Great White Shark from attacking Amity Island. In Jurassic Park, billionaire John Hammond creates a theme park where cloned dinosaurs come alive, hoping that his ideal resort becomes a major success. Through the use of film style elements, such as editing and mise-en scene, Spielberg develops Brody’s character as a person who must learn from his past mistakes in order to become a successful hero while Spielberg creates Hammond’s character as a man who only sees himself as a hero of science and technology without realizing

What first drew me to Jurassic Park was hearing about how well the effects had stood the test of time, and how incredibly intricate the details were. When I finally watched it, however, my favorite part wasn't even the dinosaurs, but the debate on respecting nature, the character development, and each person’s view on how much control humanity has over the world around it.

The first main theme that makes the story of Jurassic Park is its setting. The setting is a huge factor in the understanding of the story. The story takes place on an isolated island off the coast of Costa Rica that has become a theme park exhibiting prehistoric dinosaurs. Here dinosaurs roam unrestricted. The only restraint they have were gates and fences that could easily be knocked down by the gigantic animals.

The author is Michael Crichton, and the book is The Lost World. Many people have read this book, along with its predecessor, Jurassic Park, and many people have been enthralled with the thought of living dinosaurs in the 20th century. “What if the dinosaurs did not become extinct? What if they still exist?” (The Lost World takes off a couple years after the first book. A separate island is discovered, an island where the dinosaurs were actually created. There are two different research groups sent to the island. One to observe the dinosaurs in the wild and the other to bring them back for research purposes. The fighting starts from there. What many people don’t know, is that these books, along with countless other