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Jurassic Park opens with confrontation between beast and man as a terrifying creature attempts to escape from a cage, which foreshadows the eventual consequence of scientific innovation and aggressive tactics. The story continues as two paleontologists are asked by the owner of an usual theme park to survey his island and concede its safety and validity. The two experts, along with a lawyer and a skeptical scientist agree to take a tour of the park accompanied by the owner’s two grandchildren. The scientist is viewed as very unorthodox and unconventional, making him be easily seen as the outlaw or outcast. Their tour is cut short when the power is turned off, allowing the electric fences that surround the exhibited creatures to escape. This …show more content…

After the attack on those in the group kills the lawyer and severely injures the skeptic, the first paleontologist saves the two children and they begin a journey to return to their grandfather at the beginning of the park. Throughout the movie, it is clear the skeptical scientist’s first implication of man controlling nature being a hazard is brought to life. Thus, the struggle of nature against the mechanical world is represented. Originally, several precautions were taken to ensure that no breeding would be done without supervision and that the animals could not survive without their creators. However, it is quickly shown the nature again and again triumphs over artificial laws and synthetic creation. The final archetype found is that of the eternal cycle of life and death. The prehistoric animals went extinct for a reason, and trying to control the destiny of nature will always result in in calamity. By resurrecting long-dead jurassic monsters, the natural cycle of birth and passing is disrupted. Man’s attempt to control things that were meant to be controlled ends in unintended death and the dangerous creation of

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