One will never know what can occur in the future, but everyone likes to imagine that humanity has a positive outcome and much progress will be made. However, this vision is just one possibility out of many, and there will always be the chance that mankind will come to its end at any moment. Many people from different ages have prophesied this demise and we have only managed to avoid this dilemma because it was not time for the inevitable to occur. This still does not mean that humanity is out of harm’s way. The end could manifest at any moment and the public needs to keep this in mind. Herbert George Wells, a British author with an open mind, portrays this belief throughout all his books, especially in his most famous works, War of the Worlds,
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If humanity continues to be unaware of what evolution truly means, then the demise of humankind can be closer than expected. In the aftermath of the destruction created by the Martians, the narrator in War of the Worlds reflected upon what he has experienced and hoped his peers would do the same. He “…learned now that we cannot think of our planet as being fenced in and a secure place for Man. We can never anticipate the unseen good or evil that may come to us from space” (War of the Worlds 198). Instead of dissecting the corpses of the aliens, the town should be occupied with being prepared for future attacks. In the same fashion, The Time Machine demonstrates the outcome caused by society’s callousness. The Time Traveler, after traveling into an era where all life ceased to exist, speculated how, “…brief the dream of the human intellect had been” and society had, “…set itself…towards comfort and ease…it had attained its hopes---to come to this at last” (The Time Machine 74). After all the scientific discoveries that were being made, the citizens grew comfortable with the progress when everyone should have been precautious in cases of a disastrous event that can occur without notice. As previously stated, Wells was attentive to detail and was sure to reference fire throughout this novel. In this case, fire was used as a metaphor to represent technology; if humankind is not careful, technology, if used incorrectly, can easily consume everyone just like how fire dominated the Eloi and Morlocks. In addition, The Island of Doctor Moreau also displays the importance of educating oneself from errors that have been made. Prendick, after witnessing the deaths of Doctor Moreau and Montgomery, was able to recognize how, “They knew now that we of the Whips could be killed even as they themselves were killed,” (The Island of Doctor Moreau 113).
If humanity continues to be unaware of what evolution truly means, then the demise of humankind can be closer than expected. In the aftermath of the destruction created by the Martians, the narrator in War of the Worlds reflected upon what he has experienced and hoped his peers would do the same. He “…learned now that we cannot think of our planet as being fenced in and a secure place for Man. We can never anticipate the unseen good or evil that may come to us from space” (War of the Worlds 198). Instead of dissecting the corpses of the aliens, the town should be occupied with being prepared for future attacks. In the same fashion, The Time Machine demonstrates the outcome caused by society’s callousness. The Time Traveler, after traveling into an era where all life ceased to exist, speculated how, “…brief the dream of the human intellect had been” and society had, “…set itself…towards comfort and ease…it had attained its hopes---to come to this at last” (The Time Machine 74). After all the scientific discoveries that were being made, the citizens grew comfortable with the progress when everyone should have been precautious in cases of a disastrous event that can occur without notice. As previously stated, Wells was attentive to detail and was sure to reference fire throughout this novel. In this case, fire was used as a metaphor to represent technology; if humankind is not careful, technology, if used incorrectly, can easily consume everyone just like how fire dominated the Eloi and Morlocks. In addition, The Island of Doctor Moreau also displays the importance of educating oneself from errors that have been made. Prendick, after witnessing the deaths of Doctor Moreau and Montgomery, was able to recognize how, “They knew now that we of the Whips could be killed even as they themselves were killed,” (The Island of Doctor Moreau 113).