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Jurassic Park: 1st Iteration 2nd Hour - Coggle Diagram
Jurassic Park: 1st Iteration 2nd Hour
Missing Information
Elena Morales, midwife disguising the three lizard attack on the baby as SIDS (27-8). And not reporting it. Irrespoinsible?
Same nurse from the prologue who identified the mauling as the hupia.
Tina's observations: size of a chicken, green with brown stripes, three toes (bird-like), claws, walked on hind-legs, long neck, ticker tail,
Martty Guitierrez: So sure of it being a basilisk lizard. Dismisses all of Tina's claims. Yet, he knows the rariety of bite cases, that that lizard has five toes, shorter neck, thinner tail. Knows it doesn't sound like one, but he approximates and tells everyone else this.
Assumption made: it has to be a known species.
Alice, the technician in Dr. Simpson's office, recognizes it is a dinosaur based on her knowledge from her children. Hones in on the exact features in the drawing in connection with the dinosaur (29).
Lab detected trace quantities of "gamma ammo methionine hydrolase" used in genetic engineering, but decided to ignore it as a lab contaminant and didn't report it back in their findings (28-9).
Assumption made: it has to be an error.
Richard Stone deciding to wait a month until Dr. Simpson gets back.
Ignores Alice's offer to take it for him. Didn't want to be embarassed.
Cobra venom/foaming saliva: Left out of reports, Lab tech threw away the samples because Tina was going to be discharged that day and Dr. Guitierrez already "identified it."
Quote at the beginning of the iteration
Drawing hypothesis: Drawing has something to do with the DNA make-up? Puzzle piece. Pictures for the iterations progressively get more complex.
Fractal Curve: clues to underlying mathematical structure.
Recklessness of lab environment: assumptions and details left out of reports.
Flaws in genetic research and identification
Non-scientists were more observant than the scientists (Tina and Alice).
First few clues.
Reflection of what we will be reading?
Ian Malcolm: Fictional scientist in Jurassic Park. Mathematician.
Themes
Human try to rationalize the unknown with existing knowlege.
The ego of experts leads to roadblocks in discoveries.
Contrast between the trial and error in the scientists not wanting to engage in the trial and error process/excusing anomalies.
What is the purpose of this iteration?
Demonstrating the inconsistencies even before we get to the park and where it begins to go wrong. Foreshadowing.
Attacks have been on children or babies. Establishes the dinosaurs as predators..
Why go into detail about Ellen's body image issues?
Possible tie into genetic modifications/human need for control (giant theme for the book).
Playing "God" with "x."
Suspense of the story because there is someone who knows what is happening. Lack of knowledge. Brings the reader into the same state of "unknown" as the characters.