The Island of Doctor Moreau is a tale about Prendick. An upper-classman who is shipwrecked and rescued by Dr. Montgomery, who later takes him to an unnamed island where he claims he works. Although initially reluctant to take him inland upon their arrival to the island, Dr. Montgomery ultimately receives him and presents him to Dr. Moreau, who tells Prendick that he conducts experiments with animals on the island. Prendick ends up being taken as a study subject for these scientists experiments in their efforts to furtherly understand the interaction of animal genes with those of humans.