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Use Of Savage In The Island Of Dr. Moreau, By H. G. Wells

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The Merriam-Webster definition of Savage: not domesticated or under human control or lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings. This definition along with abounding others refers to animal activity. However it is more common for humans to do something savage or cruel than it is for animals. To be blunt we as humans have committed horrendous, disgraceful, inhuman acts of violence and repulsion towards other humans and animals. This is often displayed in H.G. Wells’s well known book The Island of Dr. Moreau such as when Montgomery is so drunk that he yells, “‘Get… out of the way’ and suddenly whipped out his revolver.” threatening to shoot Prendick for protecting Montgomery from making the potentially fatal mistake of giving the

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