Joe Hildebrand
• Billionaire John Hammond has a new money making Scheme: Real
live dinosaurs
• DNA taken from mosquitos fossilized in amber are used to “Create”
the beasts
• Alan Grant, a paleontologist, along with his graduate student Ellie
Sattler are brought to the island by Hammond to act as consultants
for the investors
• When a rival genetics company attempts to steal Hammond’s the
entire park’s security system goes down
• Grant and Sattler get an adventure that is far beyond what they
had expected.
• Between running for their lives from Dinosaurs and faulty electrical
equipment this story keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire
time
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Michael Crichton
Born in 1942 in Chicago Illinois
Career as a writer lasted from 1966-2008
Attended Harvard Medical school
Died in 2008 of Lymphoma
2 of his works, the Pirate Latitudes and Micro were published
posthumously
• Other works
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The Lost World (Sequel to Jurassic Park)
Rising Sun
Pirate Latitudes
Many more…
• Final decade of the 20th Century as well as the 2nd millennium
• The dawn of the Information age
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World Wide Web
Microsoft’s Windows 95 and 98
Web browsers: Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer
Email
Mp3 players
Satellite TV
Dolly the sheep is Cloned
The commercial use of genetically engineered crops
• In the Novel the dinosaurs are created by using not only the
DNA from the Mosquitoes but also filling gaps with other reptile
and amphibian DNA
• This type of Genetic testing is consistent with the experimenting
that took place in the 1990s
• Also the DNA of the Dinosaurs was modified so that there would
be only females: effectively controlling reproduction
• Unfortunately the system was flawed and the dinosaurs were still able to
reproduce.
• A firearms Manufacturer by the name of Hank Morgan receives
a blow to the head that sends him to a strange new world: the
6th century world of King Arthur
• From living in a 19th century world he has knowledge of
technologies far beyond anyone else in this new world
• Through a series of events, while mystifying an audience, Hank
manages to achieve a position of power.
• Hank enters into many adventures and strange circumstances
over the course of the novel.
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Mark Twain
Otherwise known by his given name of Samuel Clemens
1835-1910
Worked as a River Boat captain until the outbreak of the Civil
War in 1861
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Pudd’nhead Wilson
Many more…
• The American Industrial Revolution
• Electricity
• Thomas Edison and his electric light bulb
• William Edward Ayrton’s Electric bicycle
• The Appearance of motorized vehicles
• Fire arms are a staple in this decade. Advancements are constantly being
made
• Smokeless gun Powder
• Fenian Ram Submarine is built in Ireland
• American Indian wars continue
• President James A. Garfield is assassinated 1881
• The story banks heavily on the idea that Hank is more knowledgeable
in the field of fire arms and weapons. This area saw a great amount
of expansion during the late 1800s
• We see Hank is Thirsty for power when he realizes that he has
greater knowledge than those that surround him. This could be a strike
at some of the political assassination and the power struggles
occurring in the western world.
• The Assassination of James A. Garfield
• The Assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia
• Hank uses astronomical Events as well as other common knowledge in
order to prove his superiority
• Mark Twain had a strong interest in the paranormal and different
astronomical events
• Before his brothers death in 1858 he had a dream that predicted it.
• In Both Jurassic park and in A Connecticut Yankee we see many
similarities
• In both stories there is a use of technology that is advanced to the characters
in the story
• Both stories came during a time of great change and scientific discovery
• When Jurassic park came out it was the age of technology. We were
building computers, and cloning sheep. These are things we look at today
as profound achievements
• In 1889 the profound achievements were things like electricity and
smokeless gun powder. People of that era found these things amazing.
• Jurassic park takes place on Isla Nublar, an island with a jungle like
atmosphere that is unfamiliar to the main characters.
• A Connecticut Yankee takes place not only in an unfamiliar place for Hank but
also a completely different time Period in which he must learn to adapt.
• A Connecticut Yankee is a story about time travel but it is possible for one to
see the idea of time travel within Jurassic park as well
• Hank travels to a different time period by means of a bump on the head
• Alan and Ellie are “Artificially” transported back in time
• In both instances they are out of their element and must learn to adapt
• Clearly Hank manages to adapt better
• Characters from both stories use prior knowledge in order to survive in
the new world they are in
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