"Playing God"

The past few weeks we have been reading and discussing the novel "Jurassic Park" about an island containing genetically recreated dinosaurs. I found it interesting that the scientists in the book have the ability to 'play god' by being able to create anything they desire. This theme reminded me of Frankenstein because in both stories the scientists 'played god' by creating life from something that is not intended to still be living. I also found it interesting that not only could they create new species and bring back extinct species, but that they could also modify existing species. For example, in the novel they mentioned making a certain kind of trout lighter in color to make them easier to catch and gave them certain abilities so that they could swim upstream easier. But, like in Frankenstein, this ability did have its consequences. The fish, just like Hammond's elephant, had strange ailments and did not behave how it was expected. Because of this, I can assume that later in the book something similar will happen on the Island to the dinosaurs just like Ian Malcolm predicted with his chaos theory. The genetic engineering aspect of the book reminded me of this video from The Onion.