Dr. Moreau + Dr. Mengele= Two of a Kind

When H.G. Wells wrote The Island of Dr. Moreau before the turn of the century, little did he know (or maybe he did) how accurately his story accounted for things to come in the future. Wells' story focuses on vivisection and its possibility. In today's world, we know that vivisection is certainly possible and in parts of the world there is little being done to change it.

Wells' character of Dr. Moreau performed fictional experiments that turned into real-life experiments at the hands of Dr. Mengele and his colleagues in Auschwitz. Moreau's attempt to get rid of any "animalistic" behavior the animals on the island still possess parallels how, a few decades later, eugenics attempted to rid the human population of any undesirable people and characteristics.

Moreau's island of animals-turned-human does not just parallel Auschwitz. It can also be related to the Tuskegee, Alabama penicillin experiments, for in this situation the basic result was similar; people were being kept from medicines they needed in order for other people to learn more about their own scientific interests. In other words, just as the animals on Dr. Moreau's island were,these people were being "used".

A line must be drawn to determine where science has gone too far. Though there is no longer an Auschwitz, similar situations are still happening all over the world to both people and animals. Though scientific advancement is important, the importance of ethics should come first.