Amy Ortega ENG 425 A The beginning Bahia

Amy Ortega ENG 425 A

The beginning • Bahia Anasco: Dr. Bobbie Carter attempts to treat a man’s injuries from a “construction incident” • Cabo Blanco Biological Reserve: Tina gets attacked by an unfamiliar “lizard” • New York: Alice Levin reveals that the “lizard” looks more like a dinosaur • Bahia Anasco: Three of the same “lizards” are found eating a baby

Important Characters • Dr. Alan Grant – primary protagonist, easy going • John Hammond – owner of In. Gen, greedy • Tim Murphy – Hammond’s grandson, dinosaur enthusiast, very knowledgeable • Ian Malcolm – mathematician, chaos theory predictions, death is an ironic plot twist

Chaos Theory Predictions • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=VIq 5 OGJH 6 n 8 • “Chaos theory says two things. First, that complex systems like weather have an underlying order. Second, the reverse of that – that simple systems can produce complex behavior…”

Elements of Chaos Theory • Obtaining dinosaur DNA from insects preserved in amber. • In an attempt to prevent breeding, every dinosaur undergoes irradiation (109). • Malcolm notices an error in the computerized tally of the dinosaurs. Somehow they are breeding (164). • In his attempt to steal a dinosaur embryo, Nedry turns off the power, causing the electric fences to turn off. • Grant realizes that the partial DNA taken from frogs in order to create the dinosaurs gave them the ability to change sexes. (168).