The Time Traveler theorizes that the Morlock and Eloi people were both descendants of man. The Eloi people once reigned over the Morlocks; they were scared of the Eloi but as the Time Traveler observes that they are no longer afraid. The once strong, powerful and almighty Eloi were now becoming weak. One of Darwin’s theories that states humans will continually evolve. The Eloi people are only surviving because Morlocks are providing an environment for them to dwell in. Their intelligence has allowed this because they can hunt, build and maintain a sustainable way of life. The Morlocks are the hardworking class types of the future. Darwin’s natural selection theory relates to how the Time Traveler theory about how the Morlocks
"Evolution - It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent but the ones most responsive to change." Through the use of Darwin's ideas and theories Wells is able to convey that the new species found in the year 802, 701 are perfect representations of what man will evolve into, due to both Natural Selection and the changes within their climate. The Eloi and the Morlocks are species which have evolved from humans, each exhibiting one side of the same coin. The Time Traveller explicitly states that the Eloi and the Morlocks are two species that have evolved from humanity. The pretty and fragile Eloi are mirror images of the ugly and brutish Morlocks.
In the time machine when the time traveler arrives millions of years ahead. He discovered there were two types of species, the Elio and the Morlocks, which seemed to be of humans descendants. The Elio, are friendly, fragile and small creatures.The Morlock’s are brutal, disgusting and aggressive creatures. In this time, the whole world seems to be picture- perfect until the time traveler comes and problems starts to occur.
The Time Traveler's theory was very similar and clearly reflected Darwin's main points. One of the real social hypotheses of the late nineteenth century adjusted Charles Darwin's speculations on development to legitimize nineteenth century social stratification between the rich and poor. In "Origin of the Species," Darwin contended that diverse conditions supported the propagation of those species whose changing qualities most appropriate them to survive; their posterity, thus, would be better adjusted for the new condition, as would their posterity, et cetera.
In the book The Time Machine, H.G Wells comes up with a lot of theories about the future. Some of these theories actually relate to Charles Darwin's book the Origin of Species. Natural selection is a theory by Darwin that means the organisms with the favorable traits or more likely to survive and thrive. During this essay I will be comparing some of Well's theories to Darwin's of natural selection.
The Eloi and The Morlocks in the book: Time traveler have many different aspects and many different mindsets on how they live with each other. In fact they are basically complete opposites, but they both need each other to survive in the book. The Eloi, a graceful, fragile, Human-like being can be easily harmed by The Morlocks, which is a Human-spider mutation. The Morlocks are very hardworking creatures, they live underground, they make tools and such to provide for the eloi to whom is food to them. The Eloi on the other hand live in a lazy and luxurious life, which they eat fruit and mess around all day. They are considered to have no use compared to the Morlocks.
In the novel, the Time traveler arrives in the year 802,701 AD and encounters the Eloi, a childlike species. His time machine is stolen by the sinister Morlocks and he attempts to take it back. Wells’s believes that Social Darwinism is
In the Time Machine, By H.G. Wells,The time traveler enters the world of 108,907. When he enters this generation, he realizes that there are two different types that live in this era: you have the Eloi and the Morlocks. Along the way through the time traveler's adventure, he befriends an Eloi named Weena. She clarifies that Morlocks feed on the Eloi, so should stay out of range within them. With that being said, the time traveler keeps as many morlocks away as he can. The time traveler figures out that the Morlocks are sensitive to light, so when he finds a book of matches, the adventure suddenly becomes quite easier. This reflects on Darwin's idea of how people evolve and adapt to their circumstances but also may become vulnerable in some areas as a result too. The Morlocks and the Eloi are foes due to the Eloi treating the Morlocks poorly and the Morlocks are resentful and fighting back.
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.
The two groups of the future act very differently towards the Time Traveller. As Cantor and Hufnagel describe the two sub-species, there is a good tribe and a bad tribe (38), which in The Time Machine are the Eloi and the Morlock respectively. The good tribe in this novella is pleasant towards the Time Traveller, providing basic necessities for his survival. In regards to the Morlock, the bad tribe, the Time
The Time Travellers theories clearly reflect Darwin’s ideas such as “Humans will continually evolve”. The Eloi, descendants from the rich, evolved into beautiful, yet lazy and child-like creatures who aren't well educated. They all have similar
Before I get into detail about Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, I should probably tell you about him and his life first. He was born in shrewsbury, England, on the 12th of February 1809. He was born after a long line of scientists, with his father being a medical doctor, and his grandfather a renowned botanist. Once he was sixteen, he and his brother went to Edinburgh university. Through his education and experience, Charles decided not to do medical work due to blood, but was inclined to study natural history. His mentor and botanist professor, John Stevens Henslow had suggested Darwin for a naturalist’s position aboard the HMS beagle. In 1831, Charles embarked on a five year voyage on the HMS beagle. After coming back, Darwin’s
Charles Darwin broached the theory of natural selection in his book the Origin of Species, which has been considered the basis of evolutionary biology to this day. Natural selection is when populations of a species evolve over the course of many generations. Darwin believed that species were not created separately, but instead, species were derived from one another. In other words, the evolution of species creates many variations among creatures, and this is because all of those species came from a common ancestor, and characteristics changed to increase the species chance of survival.
Charles Darwin was a man who shaped the way in which we think about evolution in modern times. He brought forth and described the theory of natural selection and survival of the fittest. To fully understand modern evolutionary thoughts it is necessary for one to completely understand the early theories of Charles Darwin. In this paper I will provide the reader with a complete background on Charles Darwin, describe his voyage on the HMS Beagle, and discuss his theory of natural selection.
In the book “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells, the main character known as the Time Traveler travels through time and lands him in the year of 802,701 A.D and meets two groups of creatures known as the Eloi and Morlock. The Time Traveler was a scientist and discussed several theories about the future world and its creatures in an attempt to figure out what had gone wrong to push mankind back so far. Many of the Time Traveler theories point the finger of blame in the direction of the society and he blurts the words like “Capitalism” and “Communism” with disgust. Darwin’s concepts can be applied to several of the Time Travelers theories of evolution of both the Eloi and Mortlock creatures. The Eloi’s are beautiful creatures who have no