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The Importance Of Dinosaurs In Jurassic Park

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to stand right in front a real live breathing dinosaur? This essay will analyze the movie “ Jurassic Park” directed by Colin Trevorrow, the movie sheds light on ancient dinosaurs and their characteristics. However, this essay will analyze the movie to determine the factual truths while at the same time verifying if Jurassic park could be a relevant source to gain knowledge of dinosaurs. The beginning of the essay speaks briefly about dinosaurs and how we know they exist. The film is based on the recreation of dinosaurs and people's interaction with them, however the elements of the film that will be analyzed are: the creation of the film, in terms of the facts about dinosaurs, second the manner in which knowledge is obtain from the film (senses) and thirdly, the emotional influence of the film on viewers. Many films are more than just entertainment, some we obtain truth and knowledge from. First of all, dinosaurs have been around for a very long time, but they are extinct now. We got to obtain knowledge about dinosaurs through the paleontologists because they found fossils around the 19th century. In the movie we discover that there are two types of dinosaurs on the island, carnivores and herbivores. The little boy mentions “ I heard there are four herbivores and six carnivores” at the beginning of the movie. This information he has just said is true, but also there are many other dinosaurs and species that had existed.

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