While creation of life from scratch, as Victor Frankenstein did, was considered to be utter science fiction around the time when the novel was published, it is quickly becoming a reality in modern times. For many years now, advancements in the realm of genetics have not only allowed scientists to clone organisms, thus giving scientists the potential ability to replicate beings and create life where it previously didn’t exist. The moral ramifications of trying to alter the course of nature by creating new life through technology simply to determine if it is possible, presented in Frankenstein, can be linked to the events that occur in Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel and subsequent movie franchise Jurassic Park. In the novel, a bioengineering company uses the genes found in dinosaur fossils to create living monsters in an attempt to push the limits of science and sets them loose on an island in hopes of creating a theme
While creation of life from scratch, as Victor Frankenstein did, was considered to be utter science fiction around the time when the novel was published, it is quickly becoming a reality in modern times. For many years now, advancements in the realm of genetics have not only allowed scientists to clone organisms, thus giving scientists the potential ability to replicate beings and create life where it previously didn’t exist. The moral ramifications of trying to alter the course of nature by creating new life through technology simply to determine if it is possible, presented in Frankenstein, can be linked to the events that occur in Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel and subsequent movie franchise Jurassic Park. In the novel, a bioengineering company uses the genes found in dinosaur fossils to create living monsters in an attempt to push the limits of science and sets them loose on an island in hopes of creating a theme