Michael Crichtons The Lost World Essay -- Michael Crichton Lost World

Michael Crichtons The Lost WorldI read Michael Crichtons The Lost World. In the following paragraphs, I willnot only explain the book, but also give my critique of it. I will also give aparagraph that was probably the best paragraph in the book, in my opinion.The book starts out with Ian Malcolm, a mathematician who had already had anexperience with live dinosaurs a couple of days ago on another island. He haspretty much blocked that experience from his mind. Anyway, it also talks abouta human being named Doctor Levine. This man talks at a lecture that Malcolm is watchingabout the theory of there being a lost world, an island, undiscovered, that hasextinct animals on it, particularly dinosaurs. Malcolm dismisses this radicalsaying that is the dumbest thing he ever heard. After the lecture, Levine talksto Malcolm to help him in finding this Lost World. Malcolm again dismisseshim. After a couple weeks of Levine kick him, he frame of gets more into theidea, and starts to believe it . Levine Narrows it down to one island, IslaSorna, and that leaves without telling anyone.Two of Levines students, Kelly and Arby, get worried when he wasnt there toteach their class, because they were conjectural to go on a field trip with himthat day. They go to a guy named Doctor Thorne, a guy that was makingspecialized equipment for their trip. He express that he didnt know what wasgoing on. They contact Malcolm and they go to Levines apartment. They go tohis computer room and see all this stuff on the wall about pose B. They go ontothe computer and Arby gets all this stuff about site B on it. Malcolm thenfinds out that the island that Levine went to was Isla Sorna. They plan thiswhole trip to go there, dependable Malcolm, Thorne, and Thornes assistant, Eddie.They also call a woman named Sarah Harding, a scientist in Africa, to come withthem. She had to take a flight in a while, she was too far to just go with them.They told the kids that they couldnt go. They leave for a h elicopter with aspecialized explorer, and devil trailers, with a lot of equipment. On the waythere, Thorne gets a call from Arby saying honourable luck. They get to the islandand search for Levine, with this device they have, the find him and go back tothe trailer. Before the go back, you find out that that Kelly and Arby hid in acompartment in the trailer. The... ...ey take the gravy holder off the island, and go home.I think the only weakness of the book is that it is too much like the first book,Jurassic Park. The characters have similar strengths and weaknesses, two kids,etc.I also thing that there are numerous strengths to the book. It was verycompelling, and some nights Id be up until stupid hours in the morning versionit because I couldnt put it down. It was a thrilling book. It kept youwanting more.A particular passage which impressed me was PP 422 & 423, Chapter Exit, thewhole chapter. I particularly liked this chapter because it sort of turned thetable on humans. We always think we are superior to every other animal in theworld, always taking them for granted, killing them and feeding them. The T-Rexbrings Dodgson back to the nest for the babies to eat, sort of like when a birdbrings a worm home for its babies, only were the worms.In conclusion, I really liked this book, it is my preferred book now. I would by all odds recommend it to anyone. No matter what they are interested in. Ididnt read Jurassic Park, but I am definitely going to, and I cant wait tosee the Lost World on the big screen.