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Rough Draft Sal’s motivation was to reunite with her mother, being told she was dead, Sal needed to emotionally move on, while Malcolm and Hammond, From Jurassic Park had a limited time before the park was opened to the public; however, all Malcolm, Hammond and Sal had an incomplete success and all involved death. It is important for the reader to know specific traits about a certain character so they can better understand the story. In this case, we have Sal who is stubborn, supportive and a “country girl by heart”. There are many instances in this story where Sal is stubborn. For example: Even though she knew her mother was dead, she didn’t want to believe it so she fled to Idaho to see her. To the reader, this might mean that she is more …show more content…
To start, he is very worrisome. For example, near the beginning, Malcolm questions: "Is this island safe? Is it safe for visitors, and is it safely containing the dinosaurs?" This proves that Malcolm isn’t trusty. The reader now may expect Malcolm to question many ‘dangerous’ ideas. Knowledge of this helps so we know to expect that Malcolm, being cautious and worrisome, might end up being one of the few survivors from Jurassic Park. From this, we may also infer that he is experienced with this sort of thing before. From this, we can also infer that Malcolm is scientific. This is important to know about Malcolm because of how this helps in the story. For example, he predicts that Jurassic Park will fall apart and the dinosaurs will take over. The reader may now think more about what Malcolm says to help better them understand what is going on in the story. "Hammond shook his head. 'Who could have imagined it would turn out this way.' Ellie said, 'Apparently Malcolm did.' 'I didn't imagine it,' Malcolm said. 'I calculated it.” In this quote, Malcolm stubbornly insists that he ‘did the math’ and ‘calculated’ this result. Also, this proves that Malcolm can be trusted to predict things even though he may be a bummer about it. This also tells us that he is negative. This is important to know because he gives us not only pessimistic but factual information, leading us through the story. …show more content…
Firstly, he HAS to have things HIS way. This is why Hammond opened his park in the first place because he is set on doing what he wants. To the reader, they may now think of Hammond more of a greedy rather than sweet person now. "No, I couldn't.' Grant said. 'I've just found a new skeleton and--' 'Yes, fine, but I think you should still come--' Hammond said, not really listening" In this quote, Grant is trying to tell Hammond he can’t go, but he insists that he needs time off and he must come. This shows that, no matter what is standing in his way, Hammond will do anything to get his means. Hammond also has a very childish side to him. This is important so we know that Hammond is more likely to make mistakes. The reader’s view may now change from a cunning man to an immature man. Also, in the book, Hammond says "we have made this wonderful park, this fantastic park, and our first visitors are going through it like accountants." In addition, this shows us how complainant and cocky Hammond is, bringing out his childness. John’s jerkiness is another one of his key characteristics. This is important because Hammond brings out his selfishness in a very rude manner. "And nothing is going to stop me from opening Jurassic Park to all the children of the world.' He chuckled. 'Or at least the rich ones." This shows that Hammond is very selfish and greedy, charging high amounts for Jurassic Park

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