The War Of The Worlds Literary Analysis

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In The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells, the narrator of the book meets a few different people. One of those people is the Curate in the story. The narrator meets the Curate and learns about him. The Curate’s take on the apocalypse is to turn to God and depend on God to take care of him. He believes that if he stays true to his faith that everything will be okay and that he will still be able to live a normal life even though the world is crumbling around him. The Curate wants to help everyone that he can and when he meets the narrator he is someone to talk to for him and try and help and keep himself sane. This is all an attempt by the Curate to keep himself sane during the apocalypse and to try and stay true to his ways. The Curate

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