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    Thematic Elements of the Time Machine “We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. With out them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence.” This quote comes from a novel that inspired the genre of science fiction. The Time Machine was the first work of fiction written by H.G Wells. This novel inspired not one Wells himself to explore

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    The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Works Cited Not Included 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

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    Herbert George Wells' The Time Machine ‘The Time Machine’ was written in 1895 by a writer, scientist and member of The Fabian Society, Herbert George Wells. Wells (born 1866) was, and still is, a very famous writer who produced many novels, but is most commonly known as a science-fiction author. ‘The Time Machine’ is Wells’ most celebrated novel and it’s themes represent the fears and anxieties of his society and background. Wells’ background was difficult, his father lost his business

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    Time Machine by H.G. Wells Works Cited Missing In 1895, Victorian Britain was very much Great Britain- 'the workshop of the world.' Since the Industrial Revolution technological advancement had changed the face of the country (shape, structure and appearance). Heavy industry demanded fossil fuels and therefore there was a heavy

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    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

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    A theme that can be made from the book titled “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells is things are not always as they appear. For example, when I went to Six Flags last year, I went on a roller coaster that went upside down. I thought it was going to be scary and I wouldn’t enjoy it, but I really liked it and is now my favorite roller coaster. In the book titled “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells, the Time Traveler wants to prove that his Time Machine works, so he travels to the future where he meets two

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    ISP The Time Machine is a social criticism written by Herbert George Wells who was born in 1866 in London. The book was published in early 1890s which was the first novel of H.G Wells. He uses the book as a socialist warning of what Capitalism will cause the downfall of society if workers still continually exploited for benefit of upper class. Wells expose the class problems in the 19th century. I will explore how the character’s experience was when he traveled through the time in order to prove

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    When the time traveler thought of the future he made assumptions that would suggest that the in the future, society would act in a progressive manner. He believed that society would be free of disease, that the human species would be very advanced compared to the humans in his time, and that the human beings in this society would not know fear because of their advances in technology. These assumptions are soon proven false early on when the time traveler thought he “…had built the time machine in vain”

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    In The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells, the time traveller comes up with various ways on how the Eloi and Morlocks evolved. In one of Darwin’s theories, he claims that human beings are going to keep on developing. This clashes with the time traveller’s theory on how the Eloi and Morlocks got separated. The time traveller believes that the Eloi were once the upper class and that the Morlocks did everything for them. That being said, the Eloi did not need any sort of skill or intelligence. In result

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    the window, who was outside with him. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells is about The Time Traveller, who created a time machine and wanted to explore the future. When he got there, society looked peaceful and great, but after he discovered the morlocks and he realized society was falling apart in the future. So, he realized he needed to go back to his time and then the story ends with him joining his friends at dinner. The theme best presented in The Time Machine by H.G. Wells is that things aren’t always

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