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The Island of Doctor Moreau
(1896)
A strange man is found afloat in the middle of the ocean, he then finds himself thrusted into a world that is inhabeted by monstrosities and ruled by a mad man. He soon finds that the only way to survive is to bring maddness upon the island of Dr moreau, a thing he whishes would have never happened.
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The 2 Island of Dr. Moreau Films
I have not read The Island of Dr. Moreau book but have seen the 2 films. Being an animal lover, I was highly interested in this subject. It also brings us around again to the question Dr. Malcom (Jeff Goldblum) asks in Jurassic Park: Just becuz we CAN do something, SHOULD WE?? And this was exactly what Michael Yorke asks the good Dr. Moreau in the 1st film, which infuriated Burt Lancaster's character for he was looking for an allie. He did not find one. Combining human & animal DNA to 'create' a kind of 'human/animal'?? For what purpose?!?? Isn't what God created good enough?!? Or I should say, GREAT enough?!?? I say it is & there is no need to tamper with it just becuz you can. The suffering endured by what Moreau 'created' was horrendous! They needed to be put out of their misery! Thankfully, they were after the island went up in flames. I have no good comments about the 2nd film starring Marlon Brando. It was nothing short of ridiculous & a poor excuse to display a human orgy! Uggh!!
Posted By DTrent at Sun 6 Nov 2005, 9:27 PM in The Island of Doctor Moreau || 1 Reply
Gud book
This book obviously re-asks the same old question religion vs science but also leaves asks us some questions about our base instincts. How society is run and wether discipline is the base line of the society is one questions asked and like all great questions not answered. I think Moreau plays the part of a god on his island and wether this mirrors the furtherment of society question but whas certaily right at the time. Does anyone have anythought on wether this book answers the sacrfice for the good of society question?
Posted By Tom at Tue 24 May 2005, 6:07 PM in The Island of Doctor Moreau || 0 Replies
Awesome book
I must say my twisted obsessedness with such things as vivisections sorta throws a biased view of mine on Moreau, but ehe, otherwise...I found the book very good indeed. I recently read it for English 9 and am now searching for opinions on it, I loved it personnaly. I myself am of no religion, but you could say I am athiest. . The whole Idea of Moreau being the god of the island is wonderful. It sorta makes you want to beleive the book is real. I found the detail to be enough to imagine every aspect of the story and the plot was excellent. I love the morals and the subtle messages as well. I do hope to continue reading literature as such and would appreciate any suggestions for reading of the like.
Posted By Unregistered at Tue 8 Mar 2005, 12:59 PM in The Island of Doctor Moreau || 2 Replies
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i read this for fun, but ended up having to write a character analysis on it. the book had multiple themes, and though the Moreau as god seemed to be the most obvious and recognized parallel, i thought the most interesting was that humans can be as beastly as animals.
Posted By alyssa at Tue 24 May 2005, 6:07 PM in The Island of Doctor Moreau || 0 Replies
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Moreau is not God. Why is there a correlation between the perverse experiments possessing a fear of god and seeing the slightly unbalanced doctor as god? The jews didn't see Hitler endowed with a divine light through the suffering they endured. Simply put, Moreau is constrained by his absolute obsession with power (dotted with insanity) that is eventually remedied by the product of his asphyxiation. Arguably, the single cause of downfall for every man's quest of power.
Posted By Clint at Tue 24 May 2005, 6:07 PM in The Island of Doctor Moreau || 0 Replies
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The Island of Dr. Moreau was a very good book. The subjects of Darwinism/Social Darwinism are apparant throughout the book. Naturalism, which was a characteristic of the time period, is also evident in the book. H. G. Well's use of Moreau as a God figure was brilliant, and Prendick's near acceptence into the Beast's society was suspenseful. I heartily recommend this book to anyone, its a good read, and not too long as well. It will definately make you think!
Posted By Steven at Tue 24 May 2005, 6:07 PM in The Island of Doctor Moreau || 0 Replies
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i had to read this for my gcse english class, i have to say that i didn't find it enjoyable at all, i think for people of my age it was hard to write essays on it. the story is not the clearest. i did like the theme of the story however, i think it was really clever and if it was to be written up agen today it would be a big hit. it had never occured to me that Dr Moreau played god on the island but after reading many reviews i have to agree.
Posted By becky at Tue 24 May 2005, 6:07 PM in The Island of Doctor Moreau || 0 Replies
I need help
I need to know what fears H.G.Wells in the future and how does it show this in the novel! If you know please help me. Thankyou.
Posted By sadie at Tue 24 May 2005, 6:07 PM in The Island of Doctor Moreau || 0 Replies
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Had to read this for English. The story starts off a bit slow, and it is quite short, but contains aspects and elements which, presented to us by H. G. Wells in 1896, have relevence to us now, a century later.
The main focus is the effect and consequences of man's meddling with mature, and that we may meet the same, sticky end as the Doctor did (sorry about the spoiler!).
Issues today such as the stem cell debate and cloning are similar to the vivisection Moreau uses on his subjects, and the book's moral shows that man clearly should avoid altering nature as little as possible.
Posted By Unregistered at Sat 22 Jan 2005, 10:53 PM in The Island of Doctor Moreau || 1 Reply
good book
This was a very good book and i liked it. dr. moreau was like god just meaner and prendick was represented as us! he is what we would see the island like montgomery is the follower he does what moreau tells him to do but he doesn't agree with everything the beast people were also followers, but only because of pure fear This book was awesome
Posted By Unregistered at Tue 24 May 2005, 6:07 PM in The Island of Doctor Moreau || 0 Replies