Follow your dreams is a dangerous phrase. Humankind is lead to believe they can do or be anything. Should there be limits on what can and can’t be done? Absolutely. There comes a point when people aren’t doing things for the good of humanity, they're doing things simply to see just how far they can go. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells reveals how hunger for power creates illusions in the mind, dissatisfaction, and a loss of morals.
People are different, and so are their perspectives. In Dr. Moreaus case, he held a strong hunger for power and control. He became so power hungry that he actually gained control over an entire island. Nearly impossible for him and everyone there to not go crazy or have distorted mindsets. From Dr. Moreaus perspective, the vivisection of animals and torture, it’s all one big science experiment. It’s a man pushing his own limits seeing how far he can take this with no regard for consequences. Moreau is under the impression that what he does is a good thing. It’s all an illusion created
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Dr. Moreau, like any other human on this planet, experiences the ‘want what you cant have’ phenomenon. Only slightly different for him in the sense that once he accomplishes what he wants, it’s never enough and he must keep doing more to get satisfaction. Though living like that will never satisfy a person, he believes it will. If performing surgery on one animal wasn’t enough, Moreau is insane. “And there is still something in everything i do that defeats me, makes me dissatisfied, challenges me to further effort. Sometimes I rise above my level, sometimes I fall below it, but always fall short of the things I dream” (42). Here Moreau is admitting that he faces severe satisfaction in what he does because there is always more he can do and always more to perfect. Once someone gets in that mindset it’s hard to fall out because that has become their passion. And if not to follow a passion, what is the purpose of