Compare And Contrast Eugenics And The Island Of Dr Moreau

Eugenics and The Island of Dr. Moreau Both Dr. Moreau and the Nazi party, along with many others have tried to understand the Theory of Darwinism and the important role that eugenics can play. The thoughts of a so-called master race came directly from this theory. The Nazi party believed that human behavior was directly related and somehow linked to the physical traits such as race. This was the reason for eugenics. The Nazi’s used this theory as an excuse to kill millions of innocent men, women, and children to preserve and create a master race, ones that were smarter, stronger, less violent, and healthier. I believe that H.D. Wells was a very insightful man. I’m sure that in his days that many theories were floating around and came to his mind as he wrote many of his novels. I believe that the Theory of Darwinism was at the front of his mind and that he had early thoughts of eugenics while writing The Island of Dr. Moreau. In a way, I feel that Webb may have believed this theory, why else would the creatures keep reverting to their animalistic ways. Dr. Moreau speaks of creating his own master race as he continues to change these physical appearances without being able to change the inner beast qualities. Dr. Moreau’s experiments involved vivisection which meant he was experimenting …show more content…
Webb was a very intelligent man and if he had these ideas, certainly so did others of his time. I don’t think he would be surprised at all with the advances in gene manipulations or even the horrors of the Nazi party’s vivisection of humans. Because of Darwin’s theories and already many advances made today, I’m almost certain that experiments of those natures will somehow always seem necessary, even if deemed unethical. I believe that Webb himself would be on board with such advances in science and medical