The Monstrumologist Themes

As far back as anyone can remember, human beings have liked to believe that they dominate the natural world. Animals and plants exist for us to eat, to keep us warm, or to provide us with shelter a...

Sartre once said, "We are our choices," and we're pretty much in agreement on that one. The choices we make say a lot about who we are, what motivates us, and what we hold to be important. (That Sa...

The concept of "truth" and its necessity in life is a bit of a gray area for people like Dr. Pellinore Warthrop in The Monstrumologist. The very nature of his profession calls for obfuscations aple...

Compassion, and whether or not it's available to any given character, plays a pretty big role in The Monstrumologist. Its absence is something that haunts our main character on a daily basis—he's...

Since the main character in The Monstrumologist is a kid who lost his parents suddenly and under tragic circumstances, it's not surprising to have a theme revolving around the idea of family. Will...

Oftentimes science and religion are set up to be at odds with each other. Scientists scorn religious people for being willfully ignorant; religious people accuse scientists of being immoral and pom...

It's not easy making friends when you spend your time dissecting Anthropophagus corpses and visiting rotting sea captains in the insane asylum. Poor twelve-year-old Will Henry is utterly alone in T...

Dr. Pellinore Warthrop suffers from an extraordinary amount of pride in The Monstrumologist, and it's not necessarily a good thing. As our story progresses, we see more and more that his pride—in...