Charles Darwin's The Time Machine

In this essay I am going to discuss Wells' use of contrast in the Time

Even though his novel, The Time Machine, may appear to be purely science fiction; HG Wells wrote it with close ties to the ideas of the great scientist of his time, Charles Darwin. Both Wells and Darwin lived in the late Victorian Era, a time of social and scientific growth for the western world. Wells was a very well educated man on the new findings of science and society, especially when it came to Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species. In his book Darwin recorded his theories on, strangely enough, the origin of species: Theories such as; natural selection, the continuous evolution of humans and the dictation of survival by the environment. Throughout Wells novel, the protagonist, The Time Traveler, develops three theories in the people he observes in the future: each of which, directly correlate to one of Darwin's ideas.

Years ago, Charles Darwin developed a theory of evolution. The strong will readjust and change while the weak die off. This became known as natural selection. The world is ever changing and in order to survive, one must adapt to their surroundings. Without doing so, the chances of survival are slim. Much like society today. Society has the top 1%, who are adjusting just fine to this ever changing world. But what about the other 99% of people? Majority of them are the ones struggling to change their life. Whether it be by going to school to earn a degree and a higher paying job, or cutting back on expenses to afford the necessities of life, one must adapt. Dystopian literature gives people an idea of what could happen in this ever growing, refined world. Most dystopian literatures install a sense of fear in people. A fear that society could be taken over by a select few, an unnatural force, or Mother Nature herself. The movie, In Time¸ and the story by Ray Bradbury, The Murderer, give chilling examples of what could, or could not, become of just Earth, but society as well.

Evolution represents the biological timeline between all living things around the world. This idea or theory of evolution is called Darwinism. The idea of evolution was first published in a book called On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. The theory of evolution greatly contradicts the idea of creationism in religion that all living

In the Time machine, there are 3 theories clearly reflect Darwin's main points. The time Traveller's think that Eloi are the sole descendants of humanity. Second they think the Marlocks are the slaves of the Eloi. Third, they discovered that the Marlocks hunt and terrify the Eloi, they assume that the second theory was once true, but that the Marlocks evolved to the point where they needed to prey on the Eloi.

The time traveler's theory reflects on Darwin's main points of the "Darwin's Origin Of Species" work, because of the relation that the Eloi and Morlock have to humanity, a thought made by the time traveler. While it is unclear on how did they entirely separate into two distinct stages of man, they still share, possess, and evolve traits and characteristics of a new humanity.

In the beginning, the Time Traveler ventures into the future and sees two different races of people: the Eloi and the Morlocks. From then, he theorizes that those two races evolved from one single race: humans. This reflects Darwin's idea that humans will continually evolve because it can be seen when the Time Traveler goes to the distant the future, he sees an evolved form of humans. Though the evolved form of humans may be drastically different and may have split into two different races, one can

Charles Darwin is one of the most famous scientists and theorists who had ever lived. Darwin has been written from his background to his evolutionary theory and on the reception of Darwin's ideas in his own time and in the years after his death. (Bowler)

Warped Society “What if …the race …had developed into something inhuman, unsympathetic, and overwhelming powerful?” (33) In the novel, The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells the theory of Social Darwinism is discussed. This theory states that people, organizations, and species are governed by the laws of Natural Selection. According to the theory, the weak (lower class) are diminished and their cultures are degraded, while the strong (upper class) grow in power and their cultural influence increases over the weak.

The hypothesis of advancement by characteristic determination, initially figured in Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species" in 1859. This is the procedure by which living beings change after some time as a consequence of changes in heritable physical or behavioral attributes. Changes that permit a living being to better adjust to its surroundings will offer it some assistance with surviving and have all the more posterity. Advancement by regular determination is one of the best substantiated speculations ever, bolstered by proof from a wide assortment of exploratory controls, including fossil science, geography, hereditary qualities and formative science. The hypothesis has two primary focuses, said Brian Richmond, guardian of human resources

For example, The time traveler's first theory was, The Eloi were the only creatures, living in a communist world they strived without no major conflict. This is perfect to tie in with natural selection because the time traveler ,at the time thought the eloi were advanced from thousands of years of evolution. He then was quick to realize his first theory was a mistake.

The Time Traveller states how the air quality of the future has changed since the past where he has come from. Air quality can change how a human would look like. Evolution of man would start to kick and also with natural selection, since this is for making the people of the future ( Morlocks and Eloi ). They, the people would civilize like we did; since humans came from apes/monkeys. This is one way that Darwin's theory can match with the Time Machine.

In 1859, Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, earning the formerly known theory of evolution a new prospective definition –but not without controversy. In response to Darwin’s scientific literature, several authors also focused their work around the ideas of natural selection. These authors focused on the possible outcomes evolution could produce within the human race, and society overall. As the nature of evolution is depicted in the majority of these texts, there is a reoccurring theme to always view nature selection in terms of progression and a better chance of survival. However, The Time Machine stands apart from these texts as author, H.G. Wells, explains evolution

Darwinism is a theory of evolution developed by Charles Darwin also called Darwinian Theory. Darwin utilizes Thomas Malthus’ principle of exponential population growth to debate the possibility of infinite growth of population sizes which is tested by the limitations of geography and natural resources that makes it impossible for an infinite number of beings to survive. The limitation in resources results in species experience a “struggle for existence,” creating a survival competition. In this theory, Darwin stated that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual 's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce. Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859 which argued that species evolved to get better all the time. Some people used his theory to argue that members of the elite or height of the social ladder were superior to the working class and impoverished due Darwin 's "survival of the fittest", which is considered Social Darwinism. In one of the earliest examples of science fiction, The Time Machine, H.G. Wells’ introduces Social Darwinism along with the theory of evolution.

802,701 AD. What would you expect throughout this time period? Flying cars, robots that work for you, and perfect weather is what the typical everyday person would answer that question. Would anybody ever expect anything less? The Time Machine by H.G. Wells tells the story of an ambitious man who seeks answers from the unknown. He takes risks throughout his journey, almost dies to quench his thirst of curiosity, and treating people the wrong way can backfire