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Report on
Jurassic
Park
Submitted to:
Mr. Menandro Timbol

Submitted by:
Jethro A. Angeles
SSES-6

I.

Title
Jurassic Park

II.

Author
John Michael Crichton
(October 23, 1942 November 4, 2008) was an American best-selling
author, physician, producer, director and screenwriter, best known for his work in
the science fiction, medical fiction and thriller genres. His books have sold over
200 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted into films. In 1994,
Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously
charting at No. 1 in US television (ER), film (Jurassic Park), and book sales
(Disclosure).
His literary works are usually within the action genre and heavily feature
technology. His novels epitomize the techno-thriller genre of literature, often
exploring technology and failures of human interaction with it, especially
resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology. Many of his future history novels
have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and
science background. He authored, among other works, The Andromeda
Strain (1969), Congo (1980), Sphere (1987), Travels (1988), Jurassic
Park (1990),Rising
Sun (1992), Disclosure (1994), The
Lost
World (1995), Airframe (1996), Timeline (1999), Prey (2002), State
of
Fear (2004),Next (2006; the final book published before his death), Pirate
Latitudes (2009), and a final unfinished techno-thriller, Micro, which was
published in November 2011.

III.

Setting
Isla Nublar

- off the Pacific coast of Central America, where a fully

functioning dinosaur theme park has operated for ten years

IV.

Character
Owen Grady- a Navy veteran and Velociraptor expert and trainer at Jurassic
World.
Claire Dearing- the Jurassic World operations manager. Aunt to Zach and Gray
Mitchell.
Vic Hoskins- head of InGen security operations, who wants to use the raptors and
the Indominus rex as military weapons
Gray Mitchell- one of Claire's nephews and the younger brother of Zach.
Zach Mitchell- one of Claire's nephews and the older brother of Gray.
Barry- Owen's assistant who helps care for the raptors.
Dr. Henry Wu- a geneticist who heads the team that created the dinosaurs for
Jurassic World. Wong is the only actor in the film to reprise his role from any of
the previous movies.
Simon Masrani- CEO of the Masrani Corporation and the owner of Jurassic
World.
Lowery- an employee in the park's control room.
Vivian- an employee in the park's control room.
Hamada- the leader of the ACU (Asset Containment Unit), a group of security
guards installed on Isla Nublar.

Zara- Claire's personal assistant.

Karen Mitchell- Claire's sister and mother of Zach and Gray.
Scott Mitchell-Karen's husband and father of Zach and Gray.
Jimmy Fallon- the safety instructor of the gyrosphere attraction.
Hal Osterly- an investor.
Mr. DNA- an animated DNA helix who explains the park's technology to visitors.

V.

Plot
Exposition:
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, a new theme park,
Jurassic World, now operates on Isla Nublar, off the Pacific coast of Central
America. The new park is run by the Masrani Global Corporation, which also
owns InGen, the genetics company that creates the dinosaurs. Brothers Zach and
Gray Mitchell visit Jurassic World to see their aunt Claire, the park's operations
manager. Claire, a busy workaholic, assigns her assistant to be the boys' guide.

Rising Action:
Owen Grady has been training the park's four Velociraptors. InGen
security chief Vic Hoskins believes the raptors are trainable for military use,
despite Owen's objections. Park owner Simon Masrani has Owen evaluate the
park's new hybrid dinosaur, "Indominus Rex", before the attraction opens. Owen
warns Claire that the Indominus, raised in isolation, is potentially dangerous
because it is not socialized to other animals.
When the Indominus has seemingly escaped its paddock, Owen and two
staff enter the enclosure. The Indominus, having camouflaged itself and masked
its heat signature, ambushes them, devouring the two staff before escaping into

the island's interior. Owen orders theIndominus to be executed, but Masrani sends
the Asset Containment Unit to capture the dinosaur. When most of the ACU team
are killed, Claire orders the island's northern sector evacuated.
Climax:
Zach and Gray, exploring in a gyrosphere ride, enter a restricted area
where the Indominus attacks and destroys their sphere. The boys escape and come
upon the ruins of the original Jurassic Park Visitor Center. After repairing an
old Jeep, they drive back to the park resort. Claire and Owen, who are searching
for the boys, barely escape theIndominus themselves. Masrani and two troopers
hunt the Indominus by helicopter, but when the Indominus smashes into the park's
aviary to escape gunfire, it releasespterosaurs that collide with the helicopter,
causing it to crash. Gray and Zach find Owen and Claire at the resort as armed
troopers shoot down the pterosaurs with tranquilizers.
Assuming command, Hoskins orders that the raptors be used to track
the Indominus; Owen is forced to accept Hoskins' plan and lead the raptors.
However, when they reach theIndominus, the dinosaurs begin communicating
with one another. Owen realizes that the Indominus was created with raptor DNA;
it becomes the raptor pack's new alpha. Hoskins, meanwhile, has Dr. Henry Wu
helicoptered off-site with dinosaur embryos, protecting his research. Owen,
Claire, and the boys find Hoskins at the lab packing up more embryos, but a
raptor breaks in and kills him.
Falling Action:
Owen reestablishes his bond with the three surviving raptors before
the Indominus reappears. Two raptors are killed attacking it. Claire has the park's
veteran Tyrannosaurus rexreleased from its paddock and lures it into a battle with
the Indominus. The T. rex is overpowered, but before the Indominus can kill it,
the lone surviving raptor joins in on the attack. The raptor and T. rex force the
overwhelmed Indominus towards a lagoon, where it is dragged underwater by the
park's resident Mosasaurus.
Denouement:

Isla Nublar is abandoned, while the survivors are evacuated to the

mainland. Zach and Gray are reunited with their parents, while Owen and Claire
decide to stay together.

VI.

Theme
The Theme is about Humanitys worst tendencies because it showed in the
story that we're surrounded by wonder and yet we want more, and we want it
bigger, faster, louder, better.

VII.

Lesson
Learn from your past experiences and do not try to bring back the past.