Moreau’s island is a giant society. Predict even calls the place “the whole balance of human life in miniature”. Lucky us: that means we ca use the island to explore various aspects of human society and culture. Well, that’s great and all, but why explore human society through a make-believe place? Why not just consider society as it is and skip the middle man? We could do that certainly, but there is a disadvantage of doing so through a fictional island, what we call detachment. Reality is loaded with emotions, and people can get upset when they believe their worldview is under attack. Just think of any political discussion your ever heard, ever. See what I mean? Detachment means we can set those emotions aside and see things form angles