Jurassic Park Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 21 Summary

Chapter 21 Summary

Dr. Wu and Hammond are meeting in the owner's Jurassic Park bungalow. Dr. Wu tries to convince Hammond that they need to begin phasing in a new version of dinosaurs, version 4 .4. Dr. Wu reasons that they have created excellent replicas of real dinosaurs, but admits that they are not what anybody expected. Since they are going to be a theme park, he wants to create dinosaurs that are in line with what people think dinosaurs should be like. They speak of their early efforts at how building the facility was an exercise in guessing what the animals would be like. It proved to be inadequate, because all of their safety equipment is too slow. Their tasers, cattle prods and electric nets are insufficient, and they think what they really need are laser-guided missiles to do an adequate job.

Hammond reiterates that all he wants is an authentic zoo...
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