invented the park are killed by dinosaurs. When the situation comes out of control completely and there is a danger that the animals will reach the continent and threaten the whole planet, the government of Costa Rica gives an order to level the island and kill the animals. The plain fact was that an ecological disaster had been narrowly averted. The government of Costa Rica felt it had been misled and deceived by John Hammond and his plans for the island. Lost World. Six years after the death of John Hammond and the mysterious destruction of his Jurassic Park island of Isla Nubia, mathematician Ian Malcolm discovers a second island off Costa Rica, where Hammond created his genetically bred dinosaurs. He travels there with a scientific research team including paleobiologist Richard Levine, Sarah Harding, and two kids, Kelly and Arby, both eleven years old.on the island, they find themselves on the run for their lives from some of the killer dinosaurs with whom Ian has already crossed paths, along with some new killers. The group not only has to contend with the dinosaurs, but with murderous rival scientist Lewis Dodgson and his cronies, who are out to steal the dinosaur eggs and bring them back to the mainland, as well.
At the end of my research for Lost World, I was persuaded that a cometary impact alone, no matter how massive, was insufficient to cause dinosaur extinction. Nor would it explain the time course of that extinction, which took place over many thousands of years. However, a comet impact might well have disturbed the entire biosphere for a period of years, perhaps interfering with food supply and thus producing weakened animals susceptible to any epidemic disease that came along. Many extinctions are thought to be the result of a combination of stresses of this sort , said Michael Crichton.
Comprehension Questions and Tasks
1. Say a few words about John Steinbeck s life. Comment on the main theme of most of his novels. Where did John Steinbeck s themes come from? Give an understanding of his literary goals and prove her realistic method of description.
. Name the literary works written by James Albert Michener. Comment on the subject of Recessional. How does Michener reveal the features of his characters in the novel? p align="justify">. What facts from Irwin Shaw s biography do you know? Why did he take up writing realizing that it was his inborn vocation? What genres does the author use in his works? Describe the central figures of the novel Rich Man, Poor Man.
. Tell the story of James Jones s life. What themes of life does Jones touch upon in his novels? Comment on the peculiarities of the author s style in From here to Eternity. How does Jones combine serious and ridiculous material in his works?
. Give a brief account of Flannery O Connor s life. Name the main themes the writer concerns in her works. What general features do the main characters of her novels have? Did Flannery O Connor s disease influence her writings?
. Say a few words about John Updike s life and work. Name the novels written by John Updike. In what way does the author characterize the heroes of his novels? Comment on John Updike s style.
. Tell the story of Anne Tyler s life. What are the main types of people exist for the author? How does she reveal the features of her characters? Name the main themes the writer concerns in her works.
. Why is Michal Crichton called the father of techno-thriller? Name the novels written by Michal Crichton. What problems does he deal with in the writings? What are the most attractive characters in Jurrasic Park? Enlarge upon the subject. Comment on the plot of The Lost World. br/>
UNIT7. THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN DRAMA
By the end of the 19th century Henry James, Howells, and even Mark Twain had all tried their hand at playwriting. Behind them was a long struggle of American dramatists. In the 18th century there had been principally Thomas Godfrey (1736-1763), a Philadelphia poet who in 1759 had written the blank verse tragedy The Prince of Parthia, and Royall Tyler (1757-1826), a Boston lawyer, remembered for The Contrast , the first comedy by a native American, produced profession...
