Reflective Essay: Hammond's Mistake

Looking back to my past experiences, I remember taking a test in middle school and I was so confident because I studied for the test that whole week. I was so confident that when I finished the test I did not even bother to go back and check my answers. Being so confident I thought to myself “how could I have made a mistake”. When I got the test back I saw I made some mistakes. I was blinded by my confidence and I did not think I could make a mistake just like Hammond thought his park was secure and nothing could go wrong. Hammond is responsible because he should have been more careful when he agreed to let Nedry shutdown the perimeter fence. The two most important reasons why Hammond is responsible for the park's failure is the fact that his workers are underpaid, and he was blinded by his dream to create the park.
To start off, Nedry had financial problems and Hammond told him that
Hammond should have had a contingency plan ready in case of a power outage or a reboot. This was supposed to be a state of the art amusement park and Hammond did not plan for anything to go wrong. His desire to create a park that everyone would want to visit prevented him from seeing the flaws in his park. When Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler told him the park was a bad idea, he was surprised that they were against him. The reason he brought them there was so they could help him convince everyone to open the park. Hammond should have not been able to design the park by himself because of how emotionally involved he was. Some may argue that Hammond was aware of his flaws and he tried to fix them. For example, he noticed the car lights were not working and he told Nedry to fix them. In reality, Hammond was too naive even at the end when the dinosaurs escaped from their cages, thinking he can still save the park and not kill all the