The War of the Worlds - Journey of Fate
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells is a brilliant collection of two books that enlightens the reader of a destructive race of Martians that threaten humanity. The journey that the Narrator undergoes portrays the book’s overall meaning of fate, which is witnessed through close encounters with death, the reuniting of family, and the allusion of God.
The first evidence of fate in his journey is the travel the Narrator takes with an Artilleryman to Weybridge, the Narrator’s second close encounter with death. “I have a dim memory of the foot of a Martian coming down within a score of yards of my head,....And then, very slowly, I realised that by a miracle I had escaped.” (pg.307) What a miracle it was, and the only thing to thank was fate. The Narrator is but a “chosen one” made to experience such a traumatic event, and it wasn’t his adrenaline that saved him.
The second evidence of fate in his journey is the Narrator’s trek London Ward where he comes upon a curate that accompanies him. The curate, with his constant complaining, led the Narrator to do this, “With one last touch of humanity I turned the blade back and struck him with the butt.” (pg.358-359) In this moment, the Narrator tests his fate again, “In the triangle of bright outer sunlight I saw the Martian, in its Briareus of a handling-machine, …show more content…
Once again, the setting is the Narrator’s home where he questions mankind’s purpose and inevitable future. The Narrator wonders if interplanetary travel, such as the Martians have done, is even possible. He hypothesizes, “If the Martians can reach Venus, there is no reason to suppose that the thing is impossible for men.” (pg. 387) It is fate because the Earth is limited, and as our home can no longer support humanity, it is unreasonable to oppose the idea that we are capable of travelling outside of our solar system, or even our
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells is a brilliant collection of two books that enlightens the reader of a destructive race of Martians that threaten humanity. The journey that the Narrator undergoes portrays the book’s overall meaning of fate, which is witnessed through close encounters with death, the reuniting of family, and the allusion of God.
The first evidence of fate in his journey is the travel the Narrator takes with an Artilleryman to Weybridge, the Narrator’s second close encounter with death. “I have a dim memory of the foot of a Martian coming down within a score of yards of my head,....And then, very slowly, I realised that by a miracle I had escaped.” (pg.307) What a miracle it was, and the only thing to thank was fate. The Narrator is but a “chosen one” made to experience such a traumatic event, and it wasn’t his adrenaline that saved him.
The second evidence of fate in his journey is the Narrator’s trek London Ward where he comes upon a curate that accompanies him. The curate, with his constant complaining, led the Narrator to do this, “With one last touch of humanity I turned the blade back and struck him with the butt.” (pg.358-359) In this moment, the Narrator tests his fate again, “In the triangle of bright outer sunlight I saw the Martian, in its Briareus of a handling-machine, …show more content…
Once again, the setting is the Narrator’s home where he questions mankind’s purpose and inevitable future. The Narrator wonders if interplanetary travel, such as the Martians have done, is even possible. He hypothesizes, “If the Martians can reach Venus, there is no reason to suppose that the thing is impossible for men.” (pg. 387) It is fate because the Earth is limited, and as our home can no longer support humanity, it is unreasonable to oppose the idea that we are capable of travelling outside of our solar system, or even our