Thus, he withdraws to the countryside and lives a reclusive life, studying chemistry and astronomy. Prendick ultimately escapes the island, being picked up by another ship, but upon returning to human society finds that he sees too much of the same animalism of the Beast Folk in human beings as well. When survival is at stake, Prendick quickly adjusts his moral guidelines and does things that previously would have been unthinkable. He is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat.

In this way, Prendick demonstrates that even for one with as strong a conscience as his, morality is defined more by circumstances than by any universal rules. The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. Though he had once been horrified by Moreau’s cruelty, Prendick remorselessly kills any Beast Folk that he deems a possible threat. Where he had once detested Moreau’s brainwashing of the Beast Folk with the Law or the company that Montgomery kept with them, Prendick lives amongst the Beast Folk and encourages them to believe in Moreau’s god-like power and uphold the Law, knowing that the narrative of the Law aids his survival. When Moreau and Montgomery are killed by the Beast Folk, Prendick becomes desperate to survive and adopts many of the behaviors that he had once despised in Moreau and Montgomery. However, as the weeks drag on, his sympathy toward the Beast Folk is replaced by repugnance, and he is less affected by Moreau’s cruelty. Prendick is a man of strong morals-for example, he is a lifelong abstainer from alcohol-and though he is at least intrigued by the science behind it, the cruelty of Moreau’s work and the pain of the Beast Folk initially repulse him.

In the midst of his travels, Prendick is shipwrecked and rescued by Montgomery, bringing him to reside for one year on the island of Dr. A presumably wealthy and well-educated gentleman, Prendick took up natural history as a way to bring some adventure back to his independent, comfortable, domestic life in England. Prendick is the protagonist and narrator of the story.

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