“Jurassic Park‚” I can say with complete confidence that Dr. Alan Grant is the protagonist in the novel. He is the protagonist because most of the novel is written from his perspective and the scientific background information‚ specifically about dinosaurs comes from his thoughts and recollections. Grant doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty‚ and he sees himself differently from his haughty‚ academic colleagues‚ and I personally see that as a positive trait for a character. Throughout the crisis’ that
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Gould‘s (2002) essay: Sex‚ Drugs‚ disasters‚ and the Extinction of Dinosaurs‚ investigates dinosaur extinction theories. According to Gould‚ scientific conclusions are the consequence; not the essence. Gould believes science’s main problem is the failure to separate fascinating claims from the scientific methods used‚ stating that “…science is‚ basically‚ a way of knowing” (pg.267). Gould examines three proposed ideas of dinosaur extinction. They are sex‚ drugs‚ and violence. Since these three
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the study of fossils‚ but it is much more than most people think. Learning about dinosaurs‚ plants‚ and past events are three parts to a major branch in science. The people involved in this study‚ Paleontologists‚ are spread out across the world to help uncover mysteries about the past. Many paleontologists have theorized possible events that may have happened in the past. The mystery about the extinction of the dinosaurs is a world renown theory. The only way to find out if one of these theories are
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The pterodactyl is the most well known member of the pterosaur family. The pterodactyl was a flying dinosaur that was a predator and carnivore. The pterodactyl was much like a raptor in today’s age. It ate fish and other small animals like small reptiles and other small mammals. The pterodactyl was alive during the late jurassic epoch. It lived on many different continents. It lived in Europe‚ Australia‚ North America‚ and Africa. The pterodactyl was one of the smaller members of the pterosaur family
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people whether they are kids or adults have only dreamed to see a real live dinosaur. In the book Jurassic Park‚ this dream becomes a reality. Dr. John Hammond the owner of Jurassic Park had put together a team composing of scientist and computer engineers with the intention of creating dinosaurs back from the Jurassic period. The team is able to create many types of dinosaurs taking orders from Dr. Hammond however the dinosaurs had experienced difficulties and posed a greater threat than anticipated
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"greed and technological experimentation gone awry" that mostly takes place on Isla Nublar off of Costa Rica where a genetics engineering company named InGen has found a way to recreate dinosaurs from DNA fragments found in prehistoric insects fossilized in amber (Chapman 68). The company created a few hundred dinosaurs and placed them on the island in hopes of creating a biological attraction that will make them millions. In an effort to increase their profits InGen decides to keep their staff to a
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Sorna on which a company named InGen (Short for International Genetics Corps.)‚ genetically engineered and contrived dinosaurs which were extinct since 65 million years. This island was used as an incubator for the dinosaurs before they were shipped to another island close by called Isla Nublar. Isla Nublar was leased by InGen for a biological preserve for tourists to see the dinosaurs at a certain cost. After a tremendous tragedy at Isla Nublar‚ the company went bankrupt and destroyed Isla Nublar
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reaching to approximately 65 million years. The Cretaceous period also marks the end of the Dinosaurs‚ who were destroyed by the meteorite that struck the earth 65 million years ago. In the Cretaceous Period there was a newly discovered bird or glider called‚ The Microraptor Gui or also known as The Dinosaur with Four Wings‚ which was believed to show how birds evolved from a group of small dinosaurs called dromaeosaurs. The Microraptor gui was discovered in the Jiufotang Formation in western
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Psittacosaurus [pic] Anthony DeNike The Natural History of Dinosaurs (Eart 65) UC Santa Cruz 5/23/11 Psittacosaurus is a genus of the psittacosaurid ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period‚ and represents one of the most primitive conditions of the ceratopsians (Fastovsky and Weishampel‚ 2009). Psittacosaur is Greek for ‘parrot lizard’‚ and receives such a name due to its skull being ‘parrot-beaked’‚ and is characterized by its short‚ deep snout and ventrolaterally
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tough then people try even harder to overcome their goal(s). Throughout the movie no one had know that the dinosaur was as dangerous as it was. The dinosaur was smart‚ it could camouflage‚ and it was a good fighter. Throughout the movie it got harder and harder it seemed to take down the dinosaur because it kept getting stronger. Throughout the movie perseverance is shown when the dinosaur escapes from his cage entirely. The main characters could’ve just did nothing through the situation‚ although
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