On pages 57-58 Wells elaborates on his ideas of the situation between the Morlocks and Eloi further than in earlier parts of the book. He explains the struggle between the Morlocks and the Eloi including altered ideas about the hierarchy of the civilization - how the human race evolved into two different species.
The Time Traveller comes the conclusion that the Morlocks are similar to the working class and the Eloi the upper-class of his time. This started when the Morlocks were pushed underground for so long that they evolved to find “the daylit surface intolerable” providing much evidence that they are definitely the most downtrodden species of the two. The Eloi were spoiled, remained above ground and sat around idle all day doing
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When he figures out that the Morlocks are the true masters of the Eloi, his sympathy with the Eloi overshadows whatever ideas he may have about the rich being justly punished. The Time Traveller begins to understand the Eloi's fear of the night when the Morlocks come out from underground, in this chapter he really talks in depth about them, noting that that he feels like a “beast in a trap” anticipating for his time to be badly effected by the Morlocks.
Wells’s thoughts on humanity where influenced by his era and background. He was born into a lower-middle classes family in the Victorian Era, this would have been difficult for him, because at this time class was clearly marked resulting in people becoming very “class conscious” meaning that he would have been judged on how rich his parents were. In contrast to the last factor, the Boer War was from 1899- 1902 where British Concentration Camps were first used to group together enemies. This could have effected the idea that the Morlocks were forced to be grouped together in a different space to the Eloi. To add to that, the Industrial Revolution was at it’s peak during Wells’s life. He witnessed how Industrial Revolution and Capitalism alarmingly further divided the classes.
In my opinion, the situation between the Morlocks and the Eloi seems to be a constant struggle which never could never be resolved simply, however, it could be argued that it
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In this essay I am going to discuss Wells' use of contrast in the Time
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The time traveler is investigating about his stolen time machine, and he finds clues leading to the hollow pedestal with panels on it. When he is interrogating the Eloi on how to open the panels to the pedestal he goes a little bit too far. He says, “But as you know, I wanted the Time Machine, and I tried him once more. As he turned off, like the others, my temper got the better of me. In three strides I was after him, had him by the loose part of his robe round his neck, and began dragging him towards the sphinx.” The time traveler in this part of the novel is in deep anguish and anger. He can’t find the time machine, the one thing he needs, to get back home. It is his most prized possession. He becomes violent and destructive in his need of recovering it. This is not a characteristic of gratitude and mutual tenderness. Another time the time traveler does not show these values is when he wishes to kill Morlocks with a mace. He says “...and I rejoined her with a mace in my hand more than sufficient, I judged, for any Morlock skull I might encounter. And I longed very much to kill a Morlock or so. Very inhuman, you may think, to want to go killing one's own descendants! But it was impossible, somehow, to feel any humanity in the things.” In this instance the time traveler wants to murder the Morlocks, not just defend
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The Time Machine by H.G. Wells is considered a “classic” in today’s literary community. I also believe that this novel is a good book. It was an interesting story the first time I studied it, and I have found new ideas each time I have read it since. It is amazing that such a simple narrative could have so many complex ideas. Unfortunately, some do not take the same position that I do. They cast it off as a silly little novel that deserves no merit. Obviously I disagree with these critics. The Time Machine follows the criteria that I believe a good novel should have. A good novel should include an element of fantasy and should stimulate ideas in the audience that they never came to realize before.
Time traveling, a concept known to modern man as inconceivable, but in The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells, this fathom of human fantasy has come to life. Wells entangles a unique blend of contrasting characters, conflicts of capitalist verses laborer divisions, and foreshadowing of the destruction of humanity to seem together this novel of visionary proportions. "The Time Machine is a bleak and sober vision of man's place in the Universe."(McConnell Pg.1581)
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The Theme of Humanity in the Time Machine H.G Wells was born in Bromley Kent on the 21st September 1866. He had attended school called Midhurst Grammar in 1883, soon after he had gone to the normal school of science in London. There he had learned biology, which could lead to why he had written science fiction novels. He had left the school without the qualifications to become a writer. He began his career as a writer in 1893 and then continued to create stories, such as the Time Machine.
One sunny spring day, Rachel arrived home from a long day of school. As she set down her backpack, she casually walked to the kitchen to begin preparing a snack. When she was opening the cabinet door she saw an odd looking light coming from the kitchen window. She also heard a small bang and the neighbor’s dogs begin to bark. She thought to herself what the light and noise could have been. It was too bright to be headlights from the neighbor's car or really anything else. Rachel slowly approached the door to her backyard, slightly afraid of when she will find outside.
People have often thought of going back in time because of regrets or mistakes they want to fix in the past. The only way to go to the past is time travel there. Time travel has been know as science fiction but now scientist have been believing time travel is possible based on the physics laws. If time travel is possible, then will it be helpful for human begins to go back to the past. Time travel can’t be worth it because if you change something in the past, it will affect a lot in your future. The people you thought you knew may not be the same people in the future because you change something in the past. There are different theories stating on that there may be parallel universe and other versions of us.
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