I think that the ending of the novel is very open-ended and I think that Wells did that on purpose so that each reader could think about how they wanted the novel to end and what the Time Traveler’s actions where. Therefore, I think that the Time Traveler went back into the future before the Earth started dying to prevent these diminishing changes and prevent the future to get that dull and grey. I think he did not necessarily gave up on his own time but he did leave in order to help. The end of the novel did say that it looked liked he had packed for another adventure and I think that it was him leaving in order to save mankind. I think that if I saw that my world in the future was going to be only thin unbreathable air and no ability for life, and I believed that there was something I could do about it, I definitely would have made the same decision with the Time Traveler’s machine at my disposal. However, if I was unaware to these changes of Earth, and only had the option to time travel, I think that I would leave it to the theoreticians because I like living in the present, and having my decisions solely based on what I know and not in fear of what will happen. As cool as it sounds to time travel, I would pass down the …show more content…
His society is composed of class struggle and conflict of the different classes and I think that when he is first introduced to the Eloi’s society it seems much better. This struggle between classes is not recognized right away. I think that him believing this, he also believes that humanity starts progressing as a whole as well. Imagine seeing a world where everyone gets along despite of different classes and no need to worry about clashing of the classes, it would be amazing. However, the Time Traveler begins to see that this is not the case. He states “Seeing the ease and security in which these people were living, I felt that this close resemblance of the sexes was after all what one would expect; for the strength of a man and the softness of a woman, the institution of the family, and the differentiation of occupations are mere militant necessities of an age of physical forces; where population is balanced and abundant, much childbearing becomes an evil rather than a blessing to the State; where violences comes but rarely and offspring are secure, there is less necessity-indeed there is no necessity-for an efficient family, and the specialization of the sexes with reference to their children’s needs disappears. We see some beginnings of this even in our own time, and in this future age it