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what is the significance of prendick's dream?

 

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Feb 05, 2012 10:17 PM

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what is the significance of prendick's dream?

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Aslan
Feb 05, 2012 11:57 PM

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Prendick's dreams in Chapter V reflect a growing animalism in the novel. He sees "guns and howling mobs." With this, the cruelty of the captain, and Doctor Moreau's refusal to take Prendick, the novel is presenting a very unflattering image of Prendick's fellow man. The humans all too often act like animals. The animals on board, meanwhile, elicit sympathy given that they are dumped roughly from the ship. As in earlier chapters, Wells is working to prejudice the reader toward the beasts over the men.

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