Wells Dystopian Novels

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Wells' dystopian novel tells of an oppressive society where rules and order are cleverly used to hide the fact that the island's populace are all animals, products of the harsh and painful realities of Moreau's nature. The kicker? The novel isn't a warning of a possible future. It takes place in the present—well, what would have been the present at any rate. It's saying that this horrible possibility isn't a possibility at all. It's already happening, right here, right now. The Island of Dr. Moreau is an oddball in dystopian literature. You see, most dystopian novels take place in the distant, dank, and dark future. Wells is making fun of us. All of us. The Beast Folk represent a satirical version of humanity as a whole. Their laws both symbolize