Jurassic Park Character Analysis

Kenan Rizvanbegovic

Mr. Ball

“...He knew he was holding his intestines.”(197) This is one of the dramatic scenes that takes place in Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Have readers ever wondered what it would be like to see life size dinosaurs? John Arnold uses his money to make a dinosaur habitat resort for tourists. During pre-opening Arnold has trouble with the dinosaurs and is forced to bring dinosaur experts from around the world to the resort. One thing leads to another and eventually leads to the characters fighting off the loose dinosaurs. The characters have to endure torture while some lose their lives, the others still trying to escape and fend for their own.This novel is a page turner for young adults because of its brave character,

The characters who are most active in the story are Tim and Grant. Grant shows his bravery by risking his life whenever someone is in need. He does not care about the danger that lies ahead as he, “Ran forward and threw himself against the dactyl.”(280) He saved a little girl who he met a few days ago as she was in a situation of life or death. He is fearless because he is ready to take on the unknown danger of attacking a Pterodactyl, which he did not study about. This means that he values life because he would save any human in trouble. Tim is portrayed as non-daring in the beginning of the story but shows his true character when he steps up and proves his strength in a chaotic time. Tim proves to readers that he can deliver in high risk situations. This is demonstrated when he and his sister’s lives were in danger because of an approaching dinosaur. He made a trail of steak to the freezer and when the dinosaur followed it he was brave enough to, “...Sprint and close the door behind the velociraptor.”(332) He then keeps the door shut with his body in order to give his sister enough time to put the pin in the door. Even though TIm’s body weight was no match for the dinosaurs he was brave to take a risk. The dinosaur saw this and hesitated which allowed his sister enough time to shut the door. Many characters show their braveness by making split second decisions and

The intensity of the plot is not fully present until the control center of the park finds out that, “The velociraptor fences,”(302) are deactivated resulting in the dinosaurs being able to escape without getting electrocuted causing panic and fear among park visitors because “Those animals could be out.”(302) The velociraptors are highly threatening to humans because in total they have killed 3 people and they hunt in packs making them hard to take down. The velociraptors completely intensify the plot because they are a terror to take down and a man-killer. The velociraptor is not the only dinosaur who improves the plot. Other dinosaurs help intensify the plot by making a living torture as they make humans, “hold their intestines,”(197) which validates that the plot is intense because many books do not have such gruesome and detailed scenes. These dinosaurs have the ability to blind, decapitate, slice open, and launch humans high into the sky making them hard to deal with. The dinosaurs ability to totally destroy humans makes the plot intense because the gruesome scenes that the dinosaurs