Ian Malcolm In Jurassic Park

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In this sequel to Jurassic Park, Ian Malcolm returns to the domain of Ingen’s scientifically recreated dinosaurs after hearing rumors of strange happenings in Costa Rica near the infamous Jurassic Park. It turns out that John Hammond (the creator of the failed attraction) had a second island acting as a “site b” for producing the dinosaurs, which were never destroyed by the Costa Rican military like the original location. Malcolm’s partner Richard Levine, who was supposed to help him observe the dinosaurs, goes ahead thinking the military will soon strike the second island as well, but becomes overwhelmed by the dangerous prehistoric inhabitants. Malcolm then takes a well equipped crew to rescue Levine instead of fully dedicating the trip to research. This becomes troublesome as the group not only has to deal with the ferocious dinosaurs Malcolm previously faced, but ones none of them have seen before. To make matters worse it turns out that they’re not alone on the island with the dinosaurs. A rival corporation of Ingen, Biosyn has sent a dangerous group to the island the exploit the animals for their own profits. Worst of all, Malcolm finds stowaways with his equipment , two kids who were previously working with Levine. Now Malcolm must not …show more content…

While referencing a quote of Ian Malcolm about Ingen ultimately setting the Velociraptors up for extinction from the start unintentionally, one literary critic agreed saying,”[it] implies that the end result of such animal behavior would be unilateral extinction of the species” (Udovitch). This quote agrees with the idea that although advanced in method, humanity’s innovation ultimately wouldn’t succeed. Because Ingen was inexperienced with extinction, as previously mentioned, it's highly scientific development of the raptors meant nothing if they couldn’t properly survive on their own, creating such