Compare And Contrast Jurassic Park

Compare and Contrast Essay

In the novel Jurassic Park written by Michael Crichton, an arrogant scientist named John Hammond who is the CEO of International Genetic Technologies has created a park called Jurassic Park where dinosaurs are alive and roaming the park. Hammond has little interest in the technical aspect of the genetical engineering and only cares about the profit that he will make when the park opens. Towards the climax of the novel, his darker side begins to show and begins to care less about his employees and cares more of the animals themselves which will ultimately lead up to bad consequences. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is possibly one of the most memorable books of all time. It is about a man named Victor

“I stepped fearfully in: the apartment was empty, and my bedroom was also freed from its hideous guest.” this is where the monster gets loose after realizing that his own creator is terrified of him. As the book progresses Victor does come into contact with his creation but the monster does not kill victor but when realizing that Victor won't be making the monster a companion the monster decides to kill henry, Victors old friend. In Jurassic Park, the dinosaurs escape because when Nedry leaves to deliver the stolen embryos he left the security with no one watching it, so when Nedry dies nobody is there to re activate the electric fence leaving it for the dinosaurs able to escape their “cages”. With the dinosaurs out on the loose countless others die as well, while Hammond is out on a walk trying to fix the park and decides to salvage he gets injured doing so and ends up being attacked and eaten by a pack of compys. The creature in Frankenstein and Jurassic Park are both able to kill people, but the difference is that the monster has somewhat of a mind and decides when he should and should not kill, whereas the dinosaurs see the humans as prey and kill