Analysis Of Michael Crichton's 'The Lost World'

Over the ages, scientists have wondered if there is an unexplored land that time had left behind. Amazing creatures that can only be found in museums might be living in the remote jungles or hidden on an undiscovered island. In The Lost World, Michael Crichton puts this question into fiction. Richard Levine, an irritating paleontologist suggests that dinosaurs may be alive somewhere. Ian Malcolm, one of the few survivors off of Isla Nublar, harshly denies his theory. However, when dinosaur specimens begin washing up on the west coast of Costa Rica, Dr. Levine investigates. He locates the island from where the specimens originate, and plans an expedition to the island. When the members who are affiliated with this expedition find out they are
When the paleontologist quickly leaves for Isla Sorna, he only brings one bag with no weapons. Since he only brings along the pack he has, it proves not much forethought was used. In traveling to the island, Levine is not assenting to the original plan at was set in place with Malcolm and Thorne. Richard also failed to tell either scientist about his actions. This heavily states the hastiness of his search for Isla Sorna. Levine only has one other person with him, when he was planning on having a complete team of scientists accompanying him to Isla Sorna. Furthermore, he left without telling any of them his updated plans, which shows more rashness of this search. When the two men arrive at the island, Levine struggles when trying to reach the island when climbing the cliffs with his cheery companion. ☺(Alliteration) As they climb, Levine realizes “it seemed like a good place to make the ascent” (Crichton 41). Because it was not a good place to climb but just looked one, the reader can assume not much pre-thought was put into finding a safe access. Furthermore, this gesture represents that their climb was not planned out in detail. Due to various actions of Dr. Levine, his search for Isla Sorna was
Levine and the equipment. When the two kids discover they cannot come with the scientists to save Levine, they decide to sneak into the storage hold in the trailer. After they land on the island, Arby says “they will be pretty annoyed when they find us” (Crichton 128). Since Arby did not first think of the outcomes of their decision, it proves this search for the truth was a blink of an eye. ☺(Metaphor) When the children and scientists break into Levine’s apartment, Arby gets into his computer to look through files. He searches for the unfeigned truth about his teacher and his whereabouts. One could call this search cursory because he was not mentally prepared for the truth. Since he was not first prepared to find this information, it is known that this is a hasty search. When Arby is trying to find Dr. Levine via the computer cameras, he is rash in the search. He is not looking at all the information, and misses the Tyrannosaurus attack. Since he misses a large event, the reader can say this search for the truth was rash. Thanks to many circumstances, Arby’s search for the truth about Dr. Levine and the field equipment are spontaneous. In The Lost World, the three most spontaneous searches are Malcolm and Thorne’s search for Richard, Dr. Levine’s search for Isla Sorna, and Arby’s search for the truth. Michael Crichton does an excellent job of bringing a scientific question to reality, and makes the reader imagine