The Lost World- Michael Crichton

The novel I have selected for my independent reading is a sequel to the famous Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, The Lost World. Proceeding the events of the catastrophe in the original novel, Ian Malcolm has been sworn to silence about his previous misadventures on Isla Nublar. He is discovering, though, that keeping that oath is not nearly as simple as he once thought. Once he meets Richard Levine, he soon discovers that the possibility of a reoccurance of the first island is higher than he thought.

Richard Levine, though, takes on a larger role of a person going through a maturity change than the children do. Levine discovers a specimen on an island down by Costa Rica and decides after hearing that it might be suspicious, just as he figured, to continue to investigate after dropping off the map. He sets off on a quest to prove the existence of the dinosauria. Let's break it down in layman's terms:
What do we need?

• A quester
• A place to go
• A stated reason to go there
• Trials and difficulties faced along the way
• A real reason to go (Or an end result)

So, we have a majoriy of those things within this part of the story

Our quester is Richard Levine. He heads out to the island of Isla Sorna, his place to go. His stated reason to go there is that he wants to prove the existence of dinosauria in this time period. He has many trials along the way, including his getting lost on the island, something which his guide helps him with. That is, until his guide gets killed by dinosaurs. In which case, he is stranded, alone and surrounded by raptors. He manages to make a call though, and his real reason for his quest looks like it could turn out to be something along the lines of surviving on his own in an extremely dangerous environment and learning what his pestering of Ian Malcolm about his own experiences feels like from the other side.