Herbert George Wells

The Island of Dr Moreau (1896) is H.G. Wells’ second scientific romance.
 The story centers on the depraved Dr Moreau, who conducts horrible experiments – men transformed into animals or animals changed into men? – on a remote tropical island. Prendick, an Englishman whose misfortunes bring him to the island, is witness to the Beast-people’s strange civilization and their final terrifying regression.
 The novel deals with and anticipates ethical issues such as vivisection, genetic manipulation and the role of science, which are some of the inserts developed in the book.
 
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 Scritto nel 1896, è il secondo romanzo fantascientifico di H.G. Wells.
 In seguito ad un naufragio, Edward Prendick si trova su un’isola del Pacifico dove assiste a orribili esperimenti condotti dal Dr Moreau e dal suo assistente – uomini che vengono trasformati in animali o animali mutati in uomini? Terribili eventi e colpi di scena si susseguono in questo romanzo che tratta tematiche etiche come la vivisezione, la manipolazione genetica e il ruolo della scienza, sviluppate negli approfondimenti presenti sul reader.

Chapter 1 – The Voyage

Extension: Shipwrecks in Literature

Chapter 2 – The Island

Extension: Islands in Literature

Chapter 3 –The Hunt

Extension: Science, society and evolution during the Victorian Age

Chapter 4 – The Beast-people

Extension: Hybrids and chimeras

Chapter 5 – The End

Extension: Cloned monkeys: will human clones soon follow?

Summing-up activities

Glossary

E X T E N S I O N CLONED LAMBMONKEYS: HOUSE WILL HUMAN CLONES SOON FOLLOW? In Extension 4, we talked about hybrids and chimeras, stem cells and genetic research. Among the techniques of genetic manipulation, cloning represents the most innovative and alarming one. At the beginning of 2018, Chinese researchers successfully Dolly with her creator, Prof. Ian Wilmut. cloned macaques using the same technique that generated the famous clone Dolly the sheep in 1996. With this experiment, primates were cloned for the first time. The cloning was carried out by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai and produced the birth of two female macaques, Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.The two macaques are genetically identical, both clones of the same foetal1 monkey cells. The discovery has started a debate over cloning another primate species: humans. Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua. How does this cloning method work? In 1996, Dolly the sheep became the first mammal cloned using a technique called SCNT (Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer). SCNT transfers the nucleus of a cell, which includes its DNA, into an egg which has had its nucleus removed2. This method can theoretically produce 1. foetal: a young human being or animal before birth, after the organs have started to develop. 2. removed: taken away. 84 

an indefinite numberTof clones Since E X E from N a single S donor. I O 1996, N using this technique, scientists have cloned more than 20 species   including cows, pigs, dogs, rabbits, rats and mice. It may apply to3 other primates, such as chimpanzees (which share about 95% of the human DNA) and LAMB HOUSE then potentially to humans themselves! Cloned pigs and rabbits. Why clone monkeys? The Chinese researchers said their work should be a great advantage to medical research. In a conference, the team leader said to the reporters:  Humans are primates. So, the technical barrier for the cloning of primate species, including humans, is now broken. The reason we broke this barrier4 is to produce animal models that are useful for medicine, for human health.There is no intention to apply this method to humans.  But is it ethical to make clones? The use of non-human primates as lab animals has long been controversial. Animal rights supporters define experiments on nonhuman primates as cruel, precisely because of the animals  similarities to humans. They also express concern over cloning itself. However, scientists at the Shanghai institute said they followed international guidelines for animal research set5 by the U.S. National Institute of Health, but called for a debate on what should or should not be acceptable practice in primate cloning. Conclusions In the end, the heart of Wells  novel is exactly the question of humanity. Once Prendrick has escaped the island of Doctor Moreau, he returns to a life of solitude in the English countryside. Having seen how violently Dr Moreau had broken the barrier between species, he cannot meet another human being without seeing the beast inside them. 3. apply to: used on. 4. barrier: a physical object that blocks the way. 85 5. set: established. 

Narrativa inglese, livello B1 pre-intermedio. Scritto nel 1896, è il secondo romanzo fantascientifico di H.G. Wells.

The Island of Dr Moreau - Collana RAINBOWS

Level B1 • Pre-Intermediate - Collana RAINBOWS

The Island of Dr Moreau

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