Comparing The Morlocks And Eloi In The Time Machine

To begin, Darwin’s theory includes the idea that humans will continually evolve, as shown in “The Time Machine”. The Time Traveler is first introduced to what he describes as a communistic society through the Eloi. The Eloi people are genderless passing, telling the reader that the difference of sexes are not an issue in the future. Due to Social Darwinism, the Eloi have also become frail, stupid, and lazy people who rely on the Morlocks to do the work for them. Despite the environment change to an almost desert like wasteland, the Morlocks and Eloi have evolved through Social Darwinism and not through environmental change.

Furthermore, “The Time Machine” begins to heavily be influenced by Social Darwinism. Evidence that the Eloi people represent the “ruling” class and Morlocks are the working class became clear as the Time Traveler described the Eloi as people who depended on the Morlocks for food and supplies. This is also evidence of the idea that not destroying or changing capitalistic societies will lead to a crass difference between the lower and upper class people. Even though people have continually advanced society, the people do not always advance with it. They make their lives easier (the upper class) but it soon becomes obvious through the war between Morlocks and Eloi that these advancements had a negative effect on their world. …show more content…
The story make it clear that humans are constantly and continuously evolving and changing. Social Darwinism rules over how humans advance and how the will soon mentally and physically differ between