6/29/2023 0 Comments The island of dr moreau book cover![]() ![]() Once that fear is gone, they revert to a form of their animal selves. They are created during an act of brutality and it is largely the fear of it’s return that keeps them human. The Man-Beasts that Moreau creates are not static either-there is a constant tug and pull between animal and man. The narrator Prendick says toward the end of the novel, “An animal may be ferocious and cunning enough, but it takes a real man to tell a lie.” This includes of course lying to oneself-Moreau has made this into an art form. Moreau is never as savage as when imparting science to his creations. ![]() When found, he is nursed back to health by someone who is constantly losing his reason to alcohol. At the very start our main character is dehumanized by being lost at sea…long enough to have abandoned reason. It is a tight little novel-every moment is devoted to tipping the scales, finding where we are on the line of humanity. MOREAU could easily have been much longer. Some short novels are really just extended short stories and could have been wrapped up in half the pages. ![]()
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