The Time Machine

A detailed Summary of The Time Machine

The Time Machine is excellent novella with a profound moral message. It

conveys the morality through a man's journey into the future and his encounter with the evolved form of the human race. This essay will examine the fusion of the fantastic futuristic ideas based on British society and introductions to thought provoking scientific theories.

Herbert George Wells was a man of science. After attending the Normal School of Science, he became a teacher. He studied under Thomas Henry

Huxley, a famous advocate of the scientific theory of evolution. Wells was

interested in the concerns of the lower classes and the inequality of British

society. For this reason he joined a socialist group called the 'Fabian Society'. They believed that social reforms, and the alteration of the political structures would bring about a gradual improvement of the social system. 'The Time

Machine' portrays these ideas and beliefs clearly. 'The Time Machine' was

published in 1890s. It was considered one of the forerunners of the science

There are three crucial temporal settings: the first is the

time travellers home, the second and most significant is the Eloi and Morlock world, and the third temporal setting is further into the distant future.

beautiful with curly hair, minute ears, small mouths- with bright red lips, they were small and fragile and behaved like young children:

"Then one of them asked me question that showed him to be on the intellectual level of one of our five-year-old children- asked me in fact, if I had come from the sun in a thunderstorm."

This was curious, because if the Eloi people lived in a perfect society why would they fear the dark?

The 'Eloi' people are the descendants of the upper class. They live in an utopia or heaven. With the landscape full of green and flowers they were happy and amazed by the Time Travellers appearance. Maybe because many of them have not seen an adult. There appearance seemed neo-Grecian. They are very

The Time Travellers summons the courage and ventures down towards the Morlock world. It is here were he makes the startling discovery. The Eloi's were being harvested like calves. They were kept well and healthy only to be seized and

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Approximate Word count = 756
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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