The Time Traveler Vs Darwin's Theory

the Eloi and the Morlock are said to be evolved from the upper and lower classes, the Eloi being from the upper class and the Morlock from the lower class. The Time Machine was inspired by Darwin's book called, "Origin of Species" which was written about evolution and natural selection. H.G Wells makes clear connections to Darwin's work, focusing on the points that humans will continually evolve, Natural Selection, and that organisms are limited in their ability to survive.

First, I want to go over and talk about the Evolutionary Theory. The Evolutionary Theory is a theory that has been supported by years of experiments which is known as being one of the best speculation of natural occurrence. The changes on earth through different events that occurred over time could be the cause of such a variety of species to exist on

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 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.

Darwin's theory of evolution states that humans will naturally evolve based on natural selection. In H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, Wells implements a derivative of Darwin's theory known as "social Darwinism." Social Darwinism is the idea that humans will evolve according to Darwin's ideas of evolution, and that only those that are strong -- or have "favorable traits" will survive to pass on their genetic traits to the next generation. Social Darwinism has historically been used as a tool of racism and oppression, as people believed that only white, abled people should be able to pass on their genes. However, eugenics had not risen into the public eye at the time of The Time Machine's 1895 publication, as it had not even been forty years since

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.

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.

In H.G. Wells' novel The Time Machine, the protagonist is an English scientist, referred to as the Time Traveller throughout the novel. He designs a small time machine and time travels to the year 802,701, where he loses his time machine. He discovers two life forms: the Morlock and Eloi. He quickly forms his beliefs and theories on their people and the evolution of them. These theories reflect those from Charles Darwin's Origins of the Species, where Darwin discussed natural selection and evolution.

Wells’ book The Time Machine was heavily influenced by Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of the Species . The Time Machine expressed Darwin’s theory that humans will continually evolve. This is apparent when the Time Traveler first met the Eloi and saw how they have not advanced but still changed. Another of Darwin’s theories expressed in the book was natural selection where the Morlocks used their abilities to catch and kill the Eloi in order to survive. The final theory expressed in the book reflects the idea that in nature organisms are limited in their ability to survive based on how their climate changes. Wells showed this when the Morlocks got so used to living underground that their eyes changed and they couldn't really see above ground. In this book H.G. Wells illustrates the possible outcomes of Darwin's theories of evolution and used Darwinism to introduce the possibility that evolution may not always lead to

He comes up with this theory when he discovers that the Morlocks hunt and frighten the Eloi. He thinks that his second theory was true at the time but this is where he thinks of it as the revenge of the working class. This theory sounds more like the communism points he makes in the book, but Darwin’s theory of humans continuing to evolve holds true because the Morlocks had to evolve into savage beasts or they would starve.

It is apparent that The Time Machine is based off of Charles Darwin's theories by the narrative. The time traveler's theories also reflect some of Darwin's main points. One good example is the time traveler's theory of the relationship between eloi and morlocks. To be more specific, how he said that the morlocks kept breeding eloi like livestock so that they could keep eating them. That shows how the weaker species becomes subjugated by the dominant species, (morlocks) so that it would benefit their chances of survival.

One of Darwin’s ideas is that natural selection is the force behind adaptations and evolution. The Time Traveler theorizes that the Eloi and Morlocks evolved from humans, that adapted

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.

Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is a theory that is and has been widely accepted for many years. The reason for this widespread acceptance is the many strengths that Darwin’s theory has. However, even though this is true, Darwin's theory has a few weaknesses. Darwin, although close, did not paint a full realistic picture of evolution with his theory.

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