This is a ‘filler’ chapter as Crichton continues to get the reader pulled into the plot by comparing the dinosaurs to modern animals and using all of the senses. He brings in smell and feel often when talking about dinosaurs, and surrounds them with present day animals, or descriptions of them, to make their consideration more real to the reader.

Best Writing, Quotes:

“Such a new and distinctive pattern led Guitierrez to suspect the presence of a previously unknown species of lizard.” – Page 23

Jurassic Park, Page 23

Writing Exercise – Take the quote and make it Active Voice, Present Tense: Guitierrez suspects a previously unknown species of lizard because of the new and distinctive pattern.

Page by Page Highlights:

Page 22

“No, like all the others,” the medical officer replied, adding that he had heard of other biting incidents: A child in Vasquez, the next village up the coast, had been bitten while sleeping.” – Page 22

Page 23

“Such a new and distinctive pattern led Guitierrez to suspect the presence of a previously unknown species of lizard.” – Page 23

Page 24

“If there was one howler, there would probably be others in the trees overhead, and howlers tended to urinate on intruders.” – Page 24