The Island Of Dr Moreau Analysis

In the book The Island of Doctor Moreau, there are two different perspectives such as Moreau’s where he is vivisecting and altering animals into human beings just like him as he brings animals into his island to experiment with them. He is trying to alter there brain and body in order for them do what Moreau wants, as he justifies by saying that “pain is evolutionarily unnecessary,” "pleasure and pain have nothing to do with heaven and hell." Moreau assumption toward human nature is in comparison to Thomas Hobbes. “Nature hath made men so equal in the faculties of body and mind as that, though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in the body or of quicker mind than other.” according to Michael Austin. Representing that there always be one person in charge, that holds all the power from all others and with them create a much bigger monarchy. Moreau calls humanity's preoccupation with pain and pleasure "the mark of the beast upon them," according to H.G. Wells. Meaning that humans are not …show more content…
He questions everything that Moreau does, as he is afraid of the beast folk. “Prendick's sudden horror at the idea of the vivisection of men introduces a possible hypocrisy,” according to Wells. Also Pendrick is trying to avoid everything that Moreau is doing with the animals, since he does not want to become one of his experiment. Pendricks assumption toward human nature follow along with what Barry Commoner says,“Everything is connected with everything and Nature knows best.” Where Prendrick would agree with Commoner that humans come and change everything that is in a nature's path, but sometimes humans don’t put it into consideration and destroy everything in its path. As similar to what Moreau is doing with all the animals trying to turn them into humans, but nature knows best which means that what Moreau is doing is