The Victorian era, named after Queen Victoria of England, began after the Romantic period from 1837 to 1901. In H.G. Well’s War of the Worlds and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, there are quite a few similarities in their plots and writing styles. Wells and Stevenson both provide exciting plots with action and even heartbroken events, which was common back then and it is today. The writing styles in the two novel are unique because they show us how people during this age used to talk and express themselves. Both novels also deal with various form of symbolism that is presented by the two authors. Wells and Stevenson novels are similar in their exciting plots, various forms of symbolism, and unique writing styles. In War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells starts out his novel with the aliens crash-landing
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Finally, the narrator makes his way to London where he notices that the aliens are no longer terminating anyone because they have all been extinct. This is a positive way to end a story a where everyone is at ease and can finally relax and rebuild what was destroyed. The plot to The War of the Worlds is action-packed and filled with mournful events. Similarly, the plot for Treasure Island is also filled with adventure and tragedy. The novel starts out with a straightforward scene where the main character ,Jim Hawkins, is given some important documents (treasure map) by a strange man, named Black Dog. He then takes these documents to his must trusted friends, Doctor Livesey and Squire Trelawney. The three men, later find a crew and set out for the treasure. During the voyage, Jim Hawkins overhears several people talking about taking the treasure for themselves. One of them said, “...you’ll live hard, and speak soft, and you’ll keep sober till I give the word… (Stevenson 77).” This quote tells the reader that a mutiny is coming and they
Finally, the narrator makes his way to London where he notices that the aliens are no longer terminating anyone because they have all been extinct. This is a positive way to end a story a where everyone is at ease and can finally relax and rebuild what was destroyed. The plot to The War of the Worlds is action-packed and filled with mournful events. Similarly, the plot for Treasure Island is also filled with adventure and tragedy. The novel starts out with a straightforward scene where the main character ,Jim Hawkins, is given some important documents (treasure map) by a strange man, named Black Dog. He then takes these documents to his must trusted friends, Doctor Livesey and Squire Trelawney. The three men, later find a crew and set out for the treasure. During the voyage, Jim Hawkins overhears several people talking about taking the treasure for themselves. One of them said, “...you’ll live hard, and speak soft, and you’ll keep sober till I give the word… (Stevenson 77).” This quote tells the reader that a mutiny is coming and they