How Has The World Depicted In H. G. Wells The Time Machine?

We are only a brief second in the long history of the universe; many things have preceded us to make us the most complex creatures that ever walked the Earth. We are a “new level of complexity” which makes us different from all other creatures that have come before us. Our species has only been around for 250,000 years, a short time compared to the formation of the Earth at 4.5 billion years ago and the creation of the Universe at 13.7 billion years ago, but the time we have had on this Earth has greatly affected the outcome of history. In an attempt to provide an overview of human history in his book This Fleeting World, David Christian introduces it in the context of the history of the universe and then systematically breaks it down

The Time machine by H.G Wells imagines what it might be like to travel into the future. Wells presents two creatures in the text that has evolved during the time. These creatures are the Eloi and the Morlocks. Even though the Eloi and the Morlocks both have human traits, the text suggests that the Eloi are more human than the Morlocks because of their body form and thinking.

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

Some of the Time Traveler's first assumptions of the future were paradoxes. His first thought of the future before he traveled in time was wrong. He thought the Eloi were very smart & advanced. He also thought they were fearless people.They were terrified of the darkness & the Morlocks. They moved differently than how they did in the past.

Time Machine the Time Traveler adventured out of his norm and came across unusual crossroads along the way. The Time Traveler built himself a time machine where he ended up in the year 802,701. This land was not a usually site for the Time Traveler and he started to make observations quickly. He noticed that the land and people evolved but he could not understand why it was so drastic from the present day. He came to land of the Eloi and Morlocks and instantly began creating theories on to what he was seeing. The time traveler used Darwin's theories of evolution as a sparkplug to his investigation.

In H.G Wells’ The Time Machine Wells explores the concept of human evolution. The Time Traveller ventures into a future world that is home to only two living creatures, the Eloi and Morlocks. The Time Traveller considers these creatures to be descendants of humanity. Going off of that assumption, Wells is illustrating the impact society has on the species’ progress due to the fact that the Eloi and Morlocks have seemingly gone backwards. The Time Traveller inhibits an ethnocentric use of technology and view that it is vital for survival and progress, while he is juxtaposed into a world of simple natural living in “perfect comfort and security” (Wells 28). This contrast of technology’s necessity between the Time Traveller and the

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.

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.

In the short stories, “Third From The Son” by Richard Matheson and,”T o Serve Man” by Damon Knight-both witness a change on how the readers understood the story. The stories in fact did not contained humankinds as a dominant speciecs but as a puppet to the first creations. In both stories, “Third From The Son” and “To Serve Man”,one can say that the percepition of humankinds is irrelavent since, both stories had spoken about traveling to the planet earth in order to gain, find new resources.

Is the futuristic society described by the Time Traveler a utopia? In The Time Machine written by H. G. Wells, the Time Traveler leaves 1895 during the Industrial Revolution in late Victorian England, and arrives in the year 802, 701 AD. A utopia is an imagined state of things in which everything is perfect. If asked to imagine what one's "perfect world" would be like, everyone's would be different. Though the definition of a utopia is to an extent up for interpretation, I will provide a clear set of principles and characteristics of one for the sake of this paper. By doing this I am able to compare it to the book without discrepancy. In utopias,

The value of a time travel story differs from each time travel story. Each time travel story has a different purpose to it, but there are aspects that connect with the human experience in the time travel. One aspect is the emotions a character experiences during the time that person travels to. Emotions are defined as a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others. The value of a time travel book is about the human emotions experienced in the place that the character is in.

In this scientific romance, H.G. Wells portrays a future where thousands of years of evolution and socio-economic inequality created the Upper world Eloi and subterranean Morlocks. The state in which Time Traveler found the planet is the summation of centuries of division amongst humans, as mentioned by him: “At first, proceeding from the problems of our own age, […] the gradual widening of the present merely temporary and social difference between the Capitalist and the Laborer, was the key to the whole position” (Wells, 55, 56). In order to bring equality and prevent such devastating outcomes, there must be unity. Furthermore, we must understand that all life is valuable and cultivate habits that favor nature, animals, and the advancement of our human race.

In the novel a Time Machine by H.G. Wells the novel takes place in two very different locations the 1800s and the far distant future. Although they are very far away from eacher in time they are still both familiar. What makes them so familiar is their problems. They haven't gone away, and this is because the human race believe they are the center of the universe, and it is this shortsightedness that will lead them to their inevitable demise. A time traveler travels to the far future. In the future he learns that the class division had become extreme. The working class have become savage creatures called Morlocks, and the upper class have become a passive race called Eloi. The Time traveler goes back

The character, referred to in the book as The Time Traveller, sees the two groups as evolutions of humans, who have evolved into two different forms. Overall, this makes the two groups very similar to those of today’s time. This can be concluded through the fact that the Eloi are lazy and lack knowledge. However, they are very beautiful are civilized. This leads

Herbert George Wells was an English writer born on September 21, 1866, in Bromley, Kent, England, and died August 13, 1946, in London, England. He was the youngest of four children of Joseph Wells, a shopkeeper and cricketer, and Sarah Neal, a former domestic servant. He attended Thomas Morley’s Commercial Academy as a child, and was a pupil-teacher at the National School at Wookey and later at Midhurst Grammar School. He studied biology and Darwinian evolution at the Royal College of Science in London. Throughout his educational and professional career Wells developed a passion for expressing his ideas on society, politics, and religion through writing. He is most known for his contributions to the genre of science fiction, most notably The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau.