jurassicpark

Week One pgs. 1-85

A- Lee
 * Dr. Grant**- outdoorsman, doesn't like people who work in offices, likes to be part of the dirty work. The reader is drawn to this character because he personifies the image of a paleontologist. Specializes in behavior and instincts of the animals he studies.


 * Dr. Ellie Sattler**- Specializes in paleobotany, opposed to paleontology, studying plants opposed to animals... she is knowledgeable about the diets of the dinosaurs. She is extremely attractive.


 * Donald Gennaro**- goes along the trip to spy and screw over Hammond's project. Wants to steal the patent to clone dinosaurs. Of all the characters, this would be the one that the reader is not drawn to and cannot stand because he is the "bad guy".


 * John Hammond**- Makes a deal with Gennaro to make money in his dinosaur cloning plan. Hammond does not know that he is being manipulated by Gennaro and tricked.

B- Begen

"Honey," he said firmly. "Snakes are cold-blooded. They're reptiles. They can't control their body temperature. It's ninety degrees on that sand. If a snake came out, it'd be cooked. Believe me. There's no snakes on the beach." pg. 13

Grant was a professor of paleontology at the University of Denver, and one of the foremost researchers in his field, but he had never been comfortable with social niceties. He saw himself as an outdoor man, and he knew that all the important work in paleontology was done outdoors, with your hands. Grant had little patience ofr the academics, for the museum curators, for what he called Teacup Dinosaur Hunters. And he took some pains to distance himself in dress and behavior form the Teacup Dinosaur Hunters, even delivering his lectures in jeans and sneakers. pg. 36

"One last thing," Morris said. "Suppose InGen wasn't really making a museum exhibit. Is there anything else they could have done with the information in the report you gave them?" Grant laughed. "Sure. They could feed a baby hadrosaur." pg. 43

"...I'm not talking about rides. Everybody has //rides//. Coney Island has //rides//. And these days everybody has animatronic environments. The haunted house, the pirate den, the wild west, the earthquake--everyone has those things. So we set out to make bilogical attratrations. //Living// attractions. Attractions so astonishing they would capture the imagination of the entire world." pg. 62

He paused. "Of course, if we could obtain examples of their dinosaurs we could reverse engineer them and make our own, with enough modifications in the DNA to evade their patents." pg. 69

C- Miele/Murberg
 * __5 Questions:__**

1: why do you think the workers lied about the accident with the young kid?

2: why do the raptors keep biting little infant kids and babies?

3: why are they building a resort in that area if Costa Rico has had problems in the past?

4: what type of lizard or dinosaur do you think bit Tina?

5: do you think the dr. is 100% sure it is not a lizard?

1. Why do you think Ed Regis claimed the injuries to the man occurred in a construction accident? 2. What do you think about Tina searching for a three-toad sloth but then ends up finding the three-toed raptor? 3. Why was it so confusing that the animal that had attacked Tina had 3 toes? 4. What is concluded why there are these lizards are attacking? 5. Why was it reported that the cause of the infant’s death is sudden infant death syndrome?

D- Broesler This week in our book club we discussed the quotes, questions, and the characters that are in they story so far throughout the first part of the story. The quotes that we discussed were about how some of the characters where making jokes about dinosaurs but actually it is a huge possibility that these dinosaurs are real. Hammond is making a park that he wants to be unlike no other park with different and crazy animals, and he is very secret about what is happening. Another quote is they say that a reptile goes onto the beach they will be cooked, but it is implying that it may not be your average reptile.

We went over the characters and what their roles are in the story so far. We went into deep discussion about the questions and answered each question thoroughly. We picked apart each question and went into detail talking about what each question was about and what there importance is to the story. We talked about how the confusing attacks that are happening are causing everyone to become suspicious of the animals and reptiles. We also ate doughnuts. They were delicious.

Week Two pgs. 85-178

A- Broesler

1. On your group's wiki page, discuss the type of language that your book contains. Is it easy to read? Conversational? "Classic"? Does it use a lot of words you don't understand? What grade level do you think the book is written at, and why? -This book has a scientific ad mathematical language as well as conversational language between the scientists and the main characters. It uses a variety of different words and some are not as easy to understand. I would say this book is for the high school grade level.

B- Murberg

Ellie said, “You can’t reproduce a real dinosaur, because you can’t get real dinosaur DNA.”-Ellie pg.87

“Now my question for you is a simple one. Is the Island Safe? Is it safe for visitors, and is it safely containing dinosaurs.” -Gennaro pg. 90

“For one thing, they move too fast,” Henry Wu said. People aren’t accustomed to seeing large animals that are so quick. I’m afraid visitors will think the dinosaurs look speeded up, like film running too fast.” –Henry Wu pg. 123

“Poised over her kill, the tyrannosaur became suddenly hesitant.”-pg.149

“Muldoon was standing at the windows, looking out at the park. The lights had gone out all over the island, except in the immediate area around the main buildings, except in the immediate area around the main buildings. He saw a few staff personnel hurrying to get out of the rain, but no one seemed to realize anything was wrong. Muldoon looked over at the visitor lodge, where the lights burned brightly.” –Pg. 177

C- Begen/Miele Begen

1. Is Malcolm's chaos theory relevant to other stories? Is it even real math?

2. Hammond is in denial that the dinosaur attacks in Costa Rica are related to his project. What does this tell us about Hammond?

3. What do all the deaths and near-deaths tell you about what is to come?

4. What worries the doctors about the tyrannosaurus's eating habits?

5. Why is Dr. Grant more concerned about supposedly seeing the raptor and then finding the eggshell?

Miele: 1: Why do you think the kids were not that interested in the dinosaurs?

2: Why do you think the doctor was wrong when he said there were no reproduction and no males?

3: How do you think Dr. Grant realized what was wrong with dinosaur without doing tests?

4: Do you think any dinosaurs escaped the island?

5: What do you think they are going to do with the dinosaur mating grounds?

D- Lee: Questions discussion notes: - Dr. Grant and Dr. Hammond's grandchildren are taking a tour without Hammond and find a velociraptor and stegosaurus. - The children are uninterested in stegosaurus because they are just living their lives, not doing anything exciting. - They only show interest in the tyrannosaurus rex. - Some of the doctors are concerned about the reproducing dino population as they should be, for these new dinosaurs are unmarked and attacking people. - Their concern lies in the velociraptors for they are aggressive and unlike other passive dinos. - The people are freaking out due to this problem, but some such as Dr. Hammond do not seem to think it's a problem. - The doctors are losing control of the dinosaurs and reproducing which is why the chaos theory by Malcolm brings paranoia and brings the idea that the dinosaur park will not work out... Nature will always run it's course and have its' way. - Dinosaur attacks are appearing in Costa Rica, clearly linked to the park... yet Hammond continues to look the other way and claim ignorance, even though he is the only source of dinosaurs in the world.

Week Three pgs. 178-269

A- Murberg

> The overall emotion in this section of the story is stress and chaos. The dinosaurs are running wild and Regis is even forced to run from the car and abandon the children. Regis presumptively gets eaten and the others are hiding and running for their lives. Hammond is freaking out because everything he spent all of his time and money on for the last several years are going down the drains. >
 * 1) ==== **On your group's wiki page, discuss the mood or tone of your book. What is the overriding emotion of this book? What examples back up your claim? (A) ** ====

B- Broesler

C- Lee/Begen Lee 1. Is hope of the park being enjoyed by children disappearing? 2. How does Nedry get killed? 3. How are there male dinosaurs being bred? 4. Who from the missing tour group does Gennaro find? 5. What saves Grant and the kids from the t-rex chasing them?

"The greatest predator the world has ever known. The most fearsome attack in human history" pg. 184

"Umm. Do you, ah, have any suggestions about what to do now?" "I can't think of a thing," Grant said. Pg. 189

Begen

1. What does running from the car and leaving the children to die reveal about Regis's character? 2. How do Malcolm's actions reveal the opposite about his character? 3. Why do you think the author decided to cut to the next chapter just as Grant whipped into the air by the t-rex (climax)? 4. Why do you think the author killed off Nedry in that rather embarrassing way? 5. Why is Hammond still concerned with a delayed opening, losing money, and losing a sauropod when his grandchildren are out there somewhere possibly dead?

D- Miele

Our group today discussed and went over how the characters are reacting at this point in the book. We talked about how every chracter is freaking out and no one is reaming calm due to the fact that the T-Rex is out of his cage and running lose with a bunch of other dinosaurs around the island. We also talked about what we are thinking what is going to happen and how it will affect each character and there outcome at the end of the book. We also talked about how we lost a young character in the book from getting killed by a spitting raptor. Another point we discussed in class was about how they should have approached the situation and how they should have tamed and control the kids and dinosaurs. We feel like that there is going to be an unexpected twist at the end of the book that we don't see coming. We are all looking forward towards next weeks discussion.

Week Four pgs. 269-317

A- Miele There is not one theme to our book. There are multiple themes. The themes are the similarities between birds and dinosaurs, the potential dangers of technology, and the Hupia. These themes explain how we can have technology become a problem in our future. The images that are seen through out the book are images of how dinosaurs represent modern day. There is always that person who is in control of everything. For examples there is the T-rex who is the most major dominate dinosaur and there is the major dominate person, the president. there are then different types of dinosaurs that represent today, different companies. Also the image is a representation of how we shouldn't mix the past with the present. B- Lee "How do you know the tyrannosaur didn't come later? The bite pattern," p.272

"Grant was wondering the same thing. The flying dinosaurs were so beautiful, so graceful as they moved through the air. As Grant watched, he saw a second pterodactyl appear in the sky, and a third, and a fourth. Grant was thinking these weren't ordinary pterodactyls. They were too large. They must cearadactyls, big flying reptiles from the early Cretaceous." p.279

C- Broesler/Murberg

Murberg 1. Do you feel that the characters in this story value money more than human life? 2. Why was it not possible for Arnold and Malcom to locate Grant and the children? 3. Why would they try to tranquilize the T-Rex instead of just killing it? 4. Would Muldoon and Gennaro have been better off just killing the T-Rex? 5. What happened since the park was running on auxiliary power instead of the regular power source?

D- Begen

Week Five pgs. 317-400

A- Begen

On your group's wiki page, discuss your final reflections on this book. Was there a moral or ultimate message to the text?

-The ultimate message of Jurassic Park was mentioned constantly from beginning to end: Don't play God. Don't mess with nature.

Would you recommend the text to peers? Why or why not?

-We would recommend Jurassic Park to peers because it's an interesting read and is relative to the crazy sciences that are available to us today. It raises questions about the morals of what scientists do involving genetics. How far will we go?

Has this topic been discussed more/less effectively in another book or books?

Should this book be considered for the school's curriculum?

We don't think this book should be considered part of the schools curriculum because science-fiction, specifically dinosuars isn't for everyone. Part of the fun of reading this was that WE picked the class and WE picked the book.

Will this book go down in history as an "all-time classic" or will it be quickly forgotten?

We don't think Jurassic Park will go down as an all-time classic, however it won't be totally forgotten either. We think it will remain in the back of your mind when you think of dinosaurs and/or dinosaur movies.

B- Miele

C- Lee Who does the t-rex take away from the back of the waterfall? How is Arnold killed? How does Grant kill off some of the attacking raptors? Why do you think the scientists are relieved that the dinosaurs didn't become free to roam the Earth? Do you think the island will be put back in business?

Broesler

D- Murberg

This week we mainly discussed the topic of "playing God" and whether or not humans should re-create extinct life forms such as dinosaurs if the technology was present. We concluded that we feel creating life forms is an extremely dangerous thing to play around with. Depending on your religious beliefs you may feel it is completely outrages to create living animals from non-living matter however, that is not the only problem. Like in this story, many issues could arise with the created animals.

We also talked about how everyone is just worried about themselves and money. This is a problem that is very visible in the story as well as in our society today. If everyone was more giving and caring about each other; everyone in this story would have been better off.