...The Andromeda Strain, a novel by Michael Crichton is science-fiction. The story takes place in Piedmont, Arizona and a lab in Nevada. The story is set in the 1960s. This is the story of a mysterious and deadly bacteria and the group of scientists who are trying to stop it. Jeremy Stone is an an impatient person. He makes other people feel as though they are wasting his time. He is also an intelligent person. He has won a Nobel Prize due to his intelligence. Mark Hall is a heroic person. He prevented an atomic bomb from killing everyone at the lab in Nevada. Charles Burton is the opposite of Jeremy Stone. He is a sloppy and impulsive person. He is also a clumsy person. He often trips over his own shoelaces. Peter Leavitt is a...
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...Passion for work can lead to stress in many cases. In the book, “The Andromeda Strain”, by Michael Crichton, four scientists try to find the source of the destruction caused in Piedmont. Discovering how all the inhabitants in the town of Piedmont died, except for two, was a stressful process that was worked on by the group of scientists. They were to look for the answer through clues and discoveries. Two scientists look around Piedmont with no ideas on where to begin looking for clues. They entered Piedmont worried about the amount of work to be done, “They were painfully aware of how much there was to learn, to do. Some catastrophe had struck this town, and they must discover all they could about it. But they had practically no clues, no points of departure” (Crichton 85-86). It was very stressful arriving into Piedmont, especially when they had “no clues”. They were to find many factors in the town that would contribute to finding a prevention, so the endangerment of other people was in their hands. Stress from events like these may cause or foreshadow anger....
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