Show why Wells uses science-fiction and apocalyptic themes of Martian invasion to expose inherent human obliviousness
Quote technique: “No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own… With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter”(Wells 1).
Some readers argue that War of the Wars is an entertaining piece of science fiction; Wells predicts the decline of human society and life if they neglect the sciences; War of the Worlds represents the popular beliefs held at the time and a foreshadowing of the attempted …show more content…
Wells’s illustrates the ulterior theme in the War of the Worlds that human neglection for the sciences will lead to their future demise; specifically he alluded that an invasion or attack from Britain’s competitors was inevitable in the immediate future
“It is a moot point whether or not the Martians in The War of the Worlds are Germans dressed up as bogeymen… there are passages in the novel which seem to signify that Wells was thinking specifically about the threat coming from Germany and took it seriously”(Cornils 27).
Wells feared that Britain competitors were gaining an upper hand on them; one of his motifs of writing War of the Worlds was to resurrect extensive scientific study in the country by emboldening his readers to prevent any threat to their society; Wells uses the character of the Martians to represent this powerful antagonist in his novel and he pictured the Martians in his mind to be “Germans dressed up as
Quote technique: “No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own… With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter”(Wells 1).
Some readers argue that War of the Wars is an entertaining piece of science fiction; Wells predicts the decline of human society and life if they neglect the sciences; War of the Worlds represents the popular beliefs held at the time and a foreshadowing of the attempted …show more content…
Wells’s illustrates the ulterior theme in the War of the Worlds that human neglection for the sciences will lead to their future demise; specifically he alluded that an invasion or attack from Britain’s competitors was inevitable in the immediate future
“It is a moot point whether or not the Martians in The War of the Worlds are Germans dressed up as bogeymen… there are passages in the novel which seem to signify that Wells was thinking specifically about the threat coming from Germany and took it seriously”(Cornils 27).
Wells feared that Britain competitors were gaining an upper hand on them; one of his motifs of writing War of the Worlds was to resurrect extensive scientific study in the country by emboldening his readers to prevent any threat to their society; Wells uses the character of the Martians to represent this powerful antagonist in his novel and he pictured the Martians in his mind to be “Germans dressed up as