Nov 16, 2009

Jurassic Park | Characters

Although John Hammond is the instigator of the action of the novel, he is not by any means its only protagonist. Most of the action centers on the people who arrive on the island by his invitation for an inspection tour — like an audience for the advance showing of a film that still needs some editing before its general release to theaters. This group consists of Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Saltier, both flown in from the site of a dinosaur dig in the Montana badlands, as well as Donald Gennaro, corporate lawyer for InGen's investors, and Ian Malcolm, a consulting mathematician hired...