I. Synopsis Edward Prendick has been shipwrecked and a passing ship heading for an island rescues him. Arriving on the island, Prendick meets Dr. Moreau who decides to let him stay. One night, Prendick hears the cries of a tortured mountain lion so he runs into the forest where he encounters beastly men. Prendick seeks an explanation from Montgomery, but when he fails to give a clear answer, Prendick concedes and falls asleep. Seeing the bandaged human-like creature the next day, Prendick thought that Moreau was using human vivisectionists and was planning to experiment. on him then. Horrified and fearing for his own life, Prendick runs into the forest again and encounters an ape-man who leads him to other man-animal hybrids led by the Law-Speaker who recites the island's prohibitions. Moreau arrives and Prendick runs off into the ocean to drown himself because he doesn't want Moreau to experiment on him. Montgomery and Moreau explain to him that animals are vivisected to resemble humans. Prendick believes him and stays on the island. But one day, Prendick and Montgomery find the corpse of a bloody rabbit. Since eating flesh is against the Law, Moreau had to find the transgressor, which is the Leopard Man. Prendick shoots the Leopard Man out of pity; as a result, Moreau gets angry but can't do anything about it. One day, the puma escapes from the laboratory and Moreau tries to chase it. However, when Prendick tries to find Moreau, he was already dead with the puma. Montgomery, drunk and beside himself, gives the Beastmen alcohol, which drives them crazy. Prendick makes an effort to stop him, but Montgomery ignores his advice. Prendick checks on the fight later that night to find that Montgomery died before him. Prendick soon escapes the island and a ship rescues him; However, when he tells the story of Doctor Moreau's island, everyone thinks he has lost his mind.II. Summary ANIMAL CRUELTY In the book, Moreau repeatedly practiced vivisection on animals. He assembled certain parts of different animals in order to achieve his perfect creature. The puma on which Moreau performed his final experiments was in serious pain during Prendick's stay on the island. Prendick even grits his teeth when hearing the cries of the puma to the point that he already feels the pain that the puma was suffering..