Andrew Prendick

Andrew Prendick is the main character of the original draft of Moreau. He is revised into the character, Edward Prendick, of The Island of Doctor Moreau. After his vessel, the Lady Vain, sinks, he is rescued by Moreau in the Dancing Faun.

Chronology
Prendick is a taxedermist and butterfly collector. He was a student at, and studied natural history at the Royal College of Science. He had also or perhaps instead, boarded on Gower Street for University College London. He had read the pamphlet, The Moreau Horrors, detailing Moreau's unethical vivisection practices, but he allegedly was on the side of Moreau in the Battersea or Kensington Controversy. He then attempted to travel to Apia on the Lady Vain but was shipwrecked. On a raft, he reluctantly drew lots on who was to survive. But the other two people fought eachother until they drowned themselves leaving Prendick the sole survivor. Prendick was rescued by Moreau on the Dancing Faun. He was brought back to life in a Frankensteinian manner. For a while, Moreau hid his clothes from him forcing Prendick to stay in his cabin for fear of exposing himself to any ladies on board. Eventually Prendick and Moreau got along and talked about Biology, though at this time, Prendick still didn't know Moreau's name. At the time he mentined hating vivisection.

On the island, Prendick meets Montgomery and sights the beast-folk in the village. The uncanny valley becomes too much and Prendick confronts Moreau with the question of whether the villagers are even human. Moreau asks for insight into what tipped him off, but Prendick can't answer. Prendick deals with having to tell Moreau, Montgomery and Mrs Moreau about London. At dinner with the Moreaus, the name is dropped and Prendick remembers him from the Moreau Horrors, trying to backpeddle on his opposition to vivisection. That evening, Prendick is distressed by Moreau's puma wailing and escapes to the village where he's surprised by the beast-folk's shocking ettiquette and taboos. He unintentionally speaks dirty with a Pig-man trying to get him to join him in doing animal behavior, which gets him arrested and put on trial. He's freed and resolves to learn their strange morality from an apeman named Sturmins.

Prendick escapes from Sturmins and the village back to Moreau's house where they dare not go. There he finds out that Moreau's puma is being turned human. He has the story explained to him by Moreau who call him a materialist. Later he speaks with Montgomery who reveals a mutual disdain for what Moreau is doing.

Dr. Moreau
Prendick is rescued and revived by Moreau in a Frankensteinian manner. Moreau says Prendick shouldn't thank him because he only saved Prendick out of scientific interest and wouldn't have done so if he was in a different mood. Prendick is in conflict over thanking Moreau for saving his life, appreciating Moreau for his scientific mind and despising him for his vivisection practices.

Montgomery
Montgomery is first introduced to Prendick as "Grand Vizier of the island, Tutor to the Heir Apparent, & general assistant in the work of government". Prendick and Montgomery have conversation at the end of the draft about their mutual apprehension to the beast-folk's prudishness and their needing to walk on eggshells arround Moreau.

Mrs. Moreau
First assuming Mrs. Moreau to be merely a snobby English woman, Prendick and her find mutual interest over books and a discomfort from the puma's cries. When the cries drive Prendick to the village, Mrs. Moreau gives him a revolver to protect himself in case he meets a certain one or two people in the village. Prendick also notices Mrs. Moreau keeping her distance from her beast-folk servants which makes him feel that at least someone else on the island is sane.

Moreau's Son
Prendick is stumped by the boy's questions and perplexed by his fantasies of man-eating ogres. Prendick thinks he's a good boy despite his fly killing, however Prendick wonders how the boy can stand the puma's cries.

Sturmins
Prendick first meets Sturmins outside the village and is confused by his question of where his scars are. Sturmins reappears at Prendick's trial. Prendick makes an appeal to his lack of knowledge about morality and asks for Sturmins to be his moral teacher. Prendick impresses Sturmins with his lack of temptation by different animal behaviors, but Sturmins keeps trying to push the goalpost because everyone must be tempted by something. While walking, Prendick takes Sturmins too close to the house of pallisades which Sturmins knows as the House of Pain. Sturmins swings away on trees to escape, comitting his personal vice.

Pigman
The Pigman tags along with Prendick much to his disgust, for Prendick doesn't want to be associated with a drunkard. When the Pigman insists Prendick join him in going on all fours and lapping up drink in a private place, Prendick speaks loudly about how silly he finds it, which gets them caught by the men in yellow. Prendick has no issue snitching on the pigman to get through what he considered a humourous court proceeding. But Prendick still finds the Pigman's punishment ridiculous: being imprisoned until he can memorize a book of the bible and a play of Shakespeare.

Comparison to other versions
See Edward Prendick for more


 * Edward Prendick (literary) in The Island of Doctor Moreau: Andrew is the predecessor of Edward.
 * Andrew Braddock in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film): Shared first name.
 * Brain in Pinky and the Brain: Brainwashed: Both Brain and Prendick go to court over a ridiculous rule. However, Brain does not humor the court the same way Prendick does.