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An Analytical Analysis Of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park

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Selfish Jurassic park analytical essay
Michael Crichton in his New York Times Bestselling novel, Jurassic Park, uses a variety of themes and tones.The most prevalent of them is how greed and power, takes over the human brain.Although in the novel many characters sacrifice their life, safety, and possessions, for the betterment of others, there is still a couple of characters that are selfish.The author conveys a theme of lust and cupidity, through the character profiles of Hammond, Dennis, and Dr.Wu.
To Begin, in iteration 3 of Jurassic Park, Crichton uses monolog, in order to showcase a greedy character. While all of the dinosaurs are running around the park and people are at danger, John Hammond is more worried about getting investors for the park than the lives of his own grandchildren and colleagues. Hammond says”I just hope he doesn’t panic Gennaro into trying …show more content…

Gennaro was the attorney representing Jurassic Park (Ingen).Towards the end of the second iteration, the author uses point of view in order to convey Gennaro's thoughts to the reader. In fact, the author writes “Gennaro thought: we are going to make a fortune on this place. A fortune.He hoped to God the island was safe.”(Crichton 79).This use of POV would assist the reader to understand that Gennaro, was really in this whole park business to get more money. Because the success of the park determined his pay, he hoped the park would do well. This greedy character trait is not as prevalent through Jurassic Park, as is in this paragraph.
In conclusion, throughout Jurassic park, the author uses monolog and point of view in order to convey messages and to expose character traits. Although themes of greed and abuse of power, are the most prevalent, the themes of human versus nature is also highly prevalent throughout the novel.Greed is primarily shown by Gennaro, Hammond, and Nedry. All three

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