Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975) and his other film Jurassic Park (1993) both contain the main theme of what makes a hero successful in society. In Jaws, police chief Martin Brody must successfully eliminate the threat of a Great White Shark attacking Amity Island. In Jurassic Park, billionaire John Hammond creates a theme park where cloned dinosaurs come to life, hoping that his ideal resort will become a huge success. Through the use of cinematic style elements, such as editing and mise-en-scène, Spielberg develops the character of Brody as a person who must learn from his past mistakes to become a successful hero while Spielberg creates the character of Hammond as a man who sees only himself. as a hero of science and technology without realizing that his attempt at control over nature is what leads to his ultimate failure. In a crucial scene in Jaws, Chief Martin Brody must use his mistake as a guide to complete his goal of saving the city from the antagonistic shark. After catching a tiger shark, the local town's fishermen all celebrate their victory alongside Brody and the mayor believing they have solved the Amity Island problem. Soon the mother of the deceased child killed by the large shark appears on the seafront. Her costume, a plain black dress, suitable for a funeral, contrasts with the bright sunny day on the beach, depicted with high-impact lighting. The dress also symbolizes the mother's multiple feelings of mourning for her son and her anger towards Brody, which once again juxtaposes the feelings of success between Brody and the fishermen. His conversation with the police chief unfolds through a shot-reverse shot sequence but he catches Brody's attention with a slap to the face. It continues on how Brod... middle of paper..., manages to become a strong leader by the end of the film, while Jurassic Park's John Hammond is a failed hero who only believes he is a hero when in reality his attempt to use nature for fun causes death. Sequences in both films, such as the meeting between the grieving mother and Brody and Hammond sitting with Ellie Sattler, use cinematic style elements such as shot-reverse shot editing to indicate the apparent mistakes that both characters have made. What made Brody a successful heroic character and Hammond a character who failed to be a hero was Brody's ability to understand what he had done wrong and learn from those mistakes to become a champion against the shark while Hammond he didn't even wonder what had happened. he had created and only finally realized his mistake when his control over the cloned dinosaurs betrayed him.