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Jurassic Park 2nd Hour Notes - Coggle Diagram
Jurassic Park 2nd Hour Notes
Initial Quotes:
Linnaeus: Swedish zoologist and father modern taxonomy (naming and categorization of animals).
Why this quote?: Frames reptiles as villians and horrible creatures. Shift the narrative on perspective on dinosaurs.
Erwin Chargaff: Biochemist; discovered the make-up of DNA percentages and variation between species.
Why this quote?: Foreshadowing for the story/bringing dinosaurs back to life. Interesting way to start.
Introduction: "The InGen Incident"
Purpose of Introduction: Nonfiction tone/writing, set up the story, written like a historical review of an actual incident, establishes the reality of "incidences" like this happening in the future. To make the reader aware of the controversial genetics industry (competition and dubiousness of it).
Genetics Industry: Lots of companies were failing, 5 billion a year on the technology (big money involved), became more commercialized (monetary gain, public consumption, convenience),
Moving away from ethical developments and more into money making ones (causes attitudes in the industry to change).
Scientists vs. Businessmen; Applied scientists vs. Pure scientists
Fast paced development, increased accidents, "in secret, in haste, and for profit"
Events:
InGen: Very secretive, Filed for bankruptcy (suddenly turned everything around), few witnesses to the incident, non-disclosure agreements signed.
Prologue: The Bite of the Raptor
Description of the body: Severity of the attack, suspicion of an "animal attack," doctors take pictures
Bad smell from the saliva (extrapolating); foaming saliva
Ed Regis and InGen:
Camera taken/photos taken away: secrecy of incident
Painted the accident as construction instead of the reality. Doctors looked at him as an executive.
Ed Regis characterization: painted as evil (chooses to take the man to little island village instead of San Jose for better treatment). Very intentional choice to keep things secret.
Left before the boy's death; during the commotion.
Priorities are secrecy over the life of the boy.
Raptor
hupia: vampire, steals children, folklore
"ravisher or abductor" in Bobbie's dictionary
Our definition and knowledge of a raptor as a dinosaur
"bird of prey" in English dictionary
Purpose for different definitions/labels: Place reader in the position of the characters in the story (confusion and same mindset of limited information).
Each one of the definitions could be an anti-thesis or diversion; as we begin reading the book, we dispel each one of them.
Iteration structure of the book
computer programing terminology.
Themes
Man isn't more powerful than nature.