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Second Iteration: Target of Opportunity
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Jurassic Park, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Chaos, Change, and Control
Sight and Insight
Flawed Human Nature
Technology
Summary
Analysis
At the San Francisco airport, a disguised Lewis Dodgson meets “his man” (later named as Dennis Nedry) in a coffee shop. The man mocks Dodgson’s pathetic attempt at a disguise. Dodgson dislikes the obnoxious and arrogant Nedry, but infiltrating InGen hasn’t been as easy as his earlier attempts to steal other companies’ tech. He’s brought $750,000—half of the agreed payment—with him in a briefcase, which he hands to his spy. Then, he gives him a can of shaving cream with a special compartment for transporting the frozen dinosaur embryos. It has enough coolant for 36 hours—enough time for another contractor to collect the specimens by boat and bring them back to the mainland.
Like Hammond, Gennaro, and (apparently) Biosyn’s board of directors, Dennis Nedry wants to make a lot of money and doesn’t really care how he does it, even if his actions harm others or pose a threat to anyone’s safety. His treachery pokes another hole into Hammond’s illusion of control, offering a stark reminder of how many chaotic and unpredictable circumstances influence events.
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