Jurassic Park db forum

What was the main theme or moral explored in JP...?

(I personally believe its mainily about Human over-confidence)

Well, I wouldn't really say there was a moral made for the story. But if I was forced to choose (as in 'I've got a gun to my head' forced) Then I'd say humans should 'let life find a way'. "Don't Interfere", in other words.

It's an assignment for reading the book, JP... for my ENG class

I think it's about don't interfere with 'mother nature' or something is 'bound too go wrong. I would have to think about it more to really elaborate.

Shock, horror, there was no moral! Believe it or not, Michael Crichton wrote Jurassic Park because he wanted to write a cool story about dinosaurs. True, the CHARACTERS explore different moral values during the films, but the audience isn't meant to gain any enlightenment.

Ok, well... the thing is,
I gotta write:

The moral of the story.

The Theme/Message explored.

Intended Audience.

And how the book was relevant to me...

The moral of the story
Let life find a way and don't mess with nature

The Theme/Message explored
Isn't that just the same?

Intended Audience.
Anyone, eg. movie-goers, dinosaur fanatics, etc.

And how the book was relevant to me...
Well, thats your choice.

Ok, this is what I wrote...:

* Title: Jurassic Park



* Author: Michael Crichton



* Publication: Random House Group, 1991



* Theme/Message: Human Over-confidence



* Intended Audience: Late Teens, Adults, or anyone interested in Modern Science.



* Comments: The book, Jurassic Park, written by Michael Crichton shows examples of Human Over-Confidence in today’s modern world. Jurassic Park explores the theme and dangers in this concept, as well as the dangers of modern science. This reflects the human desire for control and power. This is shown in the character of John Hammond- the creator of Jurassic Park.
In today’s modern world, Science and Technology are developing rapidly; humanity is gaining more control. We have been able to modify and control things in nature which were once ‘Thoughts of Fantasy’ –e.g. Appearance, Desired Traits …etc
As humans, we long for control and power of such things, without realising the true dangers or understanding it in depth. Gradually, over time, it seems that we humans have become overconfident with this, we are overdoing and misusing this technology for unnecessary things such as –e.g. Plastic Surgery, Cloning and Manipulating Genes…etc.

Michael Crichton shows us the real problems in Modern Science, giving realistic scenarios that many avoid as pure fantasy. He presents us with the concept of Cloning and shows us how far we have come in technical terms of Science. The book takes the concept of cloning and Human Over-confidence dramatically, by adding the idea of cloning long extinct animals such as Dinosaurs. The character, John Hammond just so does this without giving any sensible or reasonable thought. Doing this all for money and fame, he becomes over confident with himself, this eventually led to failure of the park, danger and death.

The theme of Human Over-confidence is a relevance to me because As teenagers, many become ‘self centred’ with over confidence. Michael Crichton seems to warn us of becoming over-confident. This can become a huge problem in our daily lives because it generally can ‘shut out’ sensible or reasonable thoughts, resulting in huge failures or danger. It also can direct our thinking towards greed and selfishness.

I enjoyed reading this book because it has amazing and very vivid description. I found this great for ‘visualising’ scenes or characters. Through the careful choice of words and structure, Michael Crichton has managed to make the story seem very realistic.



Date read: 13th June 2005

Hey! That's Perfect! That's A* definetly, or whatever you call it over there.

B.JB wrote:Hey! That's Perfect! That's A* definetly, or whatever you call it over there.

I would say the same thing. Yeah definetly A+ material.