Micaela Waynes
Professor McAdams
English 124
11 November 2016
Annotated Bibliography
Otis, Laura. Monkey in the Mirror: The Science of Professor Higgins and Doctor Moreau. Twentieth Century Literature, 2009.
Laura Otis analyzes both George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion” and H.G. Wells’ novel The Island of Doctor Moreau in this essay. Otis uses these two works as a way to compare the “painful transformations” that Eliza from Shaw’s play and the Beast People from Wells’ novel undergo in a laboratory setting. The differences between animals and humans are highlighted in this essay, showing that there are limits when attempting to morph the two species together. Laura Otis is an American historian of science and a Professor of English …show more content…
In opposition, studies show that animal/human relationships have the ability to improve the welfare of animals in captivity. This article explains the research study that Vasconcellos conducted in order to prove the theory that training improves animal welfare. This scholarly journal illustrates the procedure, data analysis, and the results of the research study. Vasconcellos clearly explains the behaviors of the animals and how training changed their reactions to the specific training sessions. She has her MSc and PhD and studies at the Institute of Psychology in a Post-doc position, partnered with the Wolf Science Center. In my essay I disagree with Vasconcellos’ findings based on the way in which the Beast People act throughout The Island of Doctor Moreau. Doctor Moreau attempts to train his subjects to act like humans. He places a lot of pressure on the creatures by putting them in pain if they break on of Moreau’s “laws”. In this context, training these wild animals lessens their welfare. Nurture is not better than nature in Wells’ novel.
The Committee on Educational Programs in Laboratory Animal Science. Education and training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: A Guide for Developing Institutional Programs. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, …show more content…
Lloyd also argues against Darwin’s theory of natural selection and does not believe in the mental processes of those animals that are able to adapt to their surroundings in order to survive. C. Lloyd Morgan was a British ethologist and psychologist. He is known for his experimental method to animal psychology that played a major role in behaviorism. He believed that “higher mental faculties should only be considered as explanations if lower faculties could not explain a behavior” (Wikipedia pp.1). Morgan is very well known and prestigious in the science world, making his journals very reliable and valuable. Similar to H.G. Wells, I disagreed with Morgan’s idea that animals do not have the same intelligence as humans, corresponding to Darwin’s theory. I think that the Beast People understood that, in order to survive, they had to adapt to their surroundings. They reverted back to their natural tendencies as a way to survive on the island. I used Morgan’s journal as a way to creatively disagree with the thought that natural selection is not prominent in animals and their
Professor McAdams
English 124
11 November 2016
Annotated Bibliography
Otis, Laura. Monkey in the Mirror: The Science of Professor Higgins and Doctor Moreau. Twentieth Century Literature, 2009.
Laura Otis analyzes both George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion” and H.G. Wells’ novel The Island of Doctor Moreau in this essay. Otis uses these two works as a way to compare the “painful transformations” that Eliza from Shaw’s play and the Beast People from Wells’ novel undergo in a laboratory setting. The differences between animals and humans are highlighted in this essay, showing that there are limits when attempting to morph the two species together. Laura Otis is an American historian of science and a Professor of English …show more content…
In opposition, studies show that animal/human relationships have the ability to improve the welfare of animals in captivity. This article explains the research study that Vasconcellos conducted in order to prove the theory that training improves animal welfare. This scholarly journal illustrates the procedure, data analysis, and the results of the research study. Vasconcellos clearly explains the behaviors of the animals and how training changed their reactions to the specific training sessions. She has her MSc and PhD and studies at the Institute of Psychology in a Post-doc position, partnered with the Wolf Science Center. In my essay I disagree with Vasconcellos’ findings based on the way in which the Beast People act throughout The Island of Doctor Moreau. Doctor Moreau attempts to train his subjects to act like humans. He places a lot of pressure on the creatures by putting them in pain if they break on of Moreau’s “laws”. In this context, training these wild animals lessens their welfare. Nurture is not better than nature in Wells’ novel.
The Committee on Educational Programs in Laboratory Animal Science. Education and training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: A Guide for Developing Institutional Programs. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, …show more content…
Lloyd also argues against Darwin’s theory of natural selection and does not believe in the mental processes of those animals that are able to adapt to their surroundings in order to survive. C. Lloyd Morgan was a British ethologist and psychologist. He is known for his experimental method to animal psychology that played a major role in behaviorism. He believed that “higher mental faculties should only be considered as explanations if lower faculties could not explain a behavior” (Wikipedia pp.1). Morgan is very well known and prestigious in the science world, making his journals very reliable and valuable. Similar to H.G. Wells, I disagreed with Morgan’s idea that animals do not have the same intelligence as humans, corresponding to Darwin’s theory. I think that the Beast People understood that, in order to survive, they had to adapt to their surroundings. They reverted back to their natural tendencies as a way to survive on the island. I used Morgan’s journal as a way to creatively disagree with the thought that natural selection is not prominent in animals and their