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The Time Machine War Of The Worlds Analysis

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The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds were written by Herbert George Wells who was born in the mid 19th century. Wells is best known for being a father of science fiction. As a teenager, Wells won a scholarship to the Normal school of Science and was very influenced by his experiences there. Throughout Well’s stories, there is a constant theme of advancing science and how that relates to human ideas of warfare and class struggle. Wells grew up poor and in an era with the two biggest wars so his writing is very affected by those experiences. Additionally, influence from works such as On the Origin of Species helped create key themes throughout his books. By writing both novels, Wells speaks about how technology affects humans and how emotions …show more content…

Within both books, fear is something that is brought up to be most primal and weakest part of the humans. “Upon the shrubby hill of its edge Weena would have stopped, fearing the darkness before us; but a singular sense of impending calamity, that should indeed have served me as a warning, drove me onward.” (The Time Machine, 114) In this quote, the time traveler feels fear because he does not have his modern tools in a future without technology. The time traveler is broken down to a bare state in the future as he did not bring anything with him and he is afraid of what will happen to him. “Forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men… then, by the light of their own destruction, I saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run.” (The War of the Worlds, 35) Fear in this quote is seen by the supporters. The worst part about this quote is that people are abandoning their loved ones in fear of death and aren’t given enough time to think except for themselves. Again, this theme touches on Darwin’s work on evolution by showing how fear is brought through surviving instincts. Through fear, Wells is able to create a connection between the reader and the main character since everyone feels fear. Both novels compare what would happen if humans were in our weakest

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