The Essence Of Chaos In Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park

The Essence of Chaos Michael Crichton’s, Jurassic Park, is the story of a paleontologist dealing with the realities of big business. John Hammond, CEO of InGen, uses his wealth to clone dinosaurs from fossilized DNA. This naturally leads to repercussions and affects every character in the book. Because of its original and thought provoking conceptualization, the book gained worldwide recognition and was made into a blockbuster hit film by Steven Spielberg. While the movie covers the same concept, due to artistic differences the book and the movie are vastly different when comparing the details within their plots. However, both share a unifying ideal that is blatantly shown through both of their themes. The story of Jurassic Park shows different perceptions of the characters, and the plot; but both deal with the idea of corporate business and the abuse of science. Jurassic Park is full of many …show more content…
Crichton has created in Jurassic Park, a company by the name of InGen. InGen dabbles in genetic research. They work with gene splicing and gene sequencing. When InGen creates dinosaurs they have it in their mind that they are now god, but that is not the case. As seen in both the book and the film they are far from being almighty creators. When the power goes out in the park they see that they know nothing about their creations. The dinosaurs run amuck, and as the book shows, with the death of John Hammond, it is wrong to play god; it only leads to chaos. Often mentioned in the book, and a few times in the movie, is the theory of chaos told respectively by Dr. Ian Malcolm. He explains reverentially that any outcome will differ, and that when it seems like things are okay, they lead to more chaos. Crichton has created a world where science hasn’t been monitored and both versions of Jurassic Park show the