There are a lot of scientific writing within the story, giving it so much life and context, It brings out the suspense in the story using terms that would date some aspects of the story to a time period a very long time ago. That gives it more appeal to draw the reader to understand the scope of the story as it goes on. In Island of Dr Moreau, the reader learns how the beasts were created through genetic splicing by grafting and how they were learned the human language though with some obscure and chaotic approaches. With at the mountain of madness, the narrator uses it to explain the process of how the expedition works and what went supernatural wrong
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i do very much agree with what Randy noticed between both story of “At the Mountain of Madness” and “The Island of Dr. Moreau”. what i also do notice is that both the geologist and Moreau both want to experiment. The Geologist at one point of the expedition wanted to have a real Laboratory to be able to dissect the thing that they had found. While Moreau had his own laboratory to be able to experiment with the animals in the Island. Both Stories have a unique way of describing their findings which makes the reader wonder: is everything that they are saying true or is it less worse that what they make it sound like? which in the end makes the reader want to see what it is that the Geologist really encountered during the expedition.
I agree, it makes the supernatural events that much more strange when presented with and in the same way as scientific information. Plus it’s a great way to give some credibility to the characters, as a reader you tend to take what they say more seriously if the person talking seems smart, in my experience. So by having all of that writing before introducing anything strange the strangeness sticks out and is more credible.
I agree with the scientific details providing context to the story. It provides credibility to the characters in which leads to the reader not dismiss what their thoughts and views are. With the abundance of scientific details provided, it shows that the person has a real passion for their work and the disapproval of melting ice caps of the author is taken much more seriously as we learn the merits he has.
At the Mountains of Madness and The Island of Dr. Moreau both share some similarities and I agree with your interpretation of how both novels connect. They both have a scientific theme and a sense of exploring the unknown. I also want to point out that in the Island of Dr. Moreau, Prendick would always refer to the creatures as “grotesque” and much like Prendick, Dyer stated that “myriads of grotesque penguins squeaked and flapped their fins.” What puzzled me was why he described the penguins as “grotesque.” But both novels contain a fair share of similarities.
Scientific details provided within the story helps give a solid foundation and back bone to what the geologist and Dr Moreau has to say about their experiments or research. It also keeps the readers engaged, looking for further information to fully understand a concept brought up within the story.
Science is all about exploring the unknown and the possibility, since they are both science related stories, it is expected for the two stories to have similarity. I am more interested in their difference. Like you mentioned, The Island of Dr. Moreau is about taking what is natural and changing it, Mountain of Madness is about exploring what is unknown in the nature. Are the characters in this story going to face conflict created by themselves, similar to in The Island Of Dr. Moreau where the creatures are created by the human, or going to face conflict created by the nature, such as the nature giving the human a warning not to meddle with the nature?