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The Symbolism In The Island Of Dr. Moreau

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What is the theme found in The Island of Dr.Moreau and how do those symbols contribute to the central idea? There was a man his name was Pendrick, he decided to tell us his story. He barely survived. He was low on sanity, water, and food. He then got picked up by another ship the name of the person was Montgomery. Montgomery then gave him medicine they became friend real quick. This island had a lot of half and half creatures. What do i mean by that? For example half men half ape, or half human half pig this was well known as the “Beast folk”. Moreau goal was to turn these half and half creatures into full humans. Morea dies while getting attacked by a puma, well they killed each other.Pendrick was writing a letter on the wall preparing himself

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