In the book The Time Machine, the Time Traveller theorize about how the Morlocks and the Eloi people evolved. Three of Time Traveller’s theories that clearly reflect Darwin’s main points will be explained throughout the essay. His first theory is that the Eloi are the sole descendants of mankind. After discovering the Morlocks, he thinks the Morlocks are slaves of the Eloi as his second theory. When the Time Traveller discovers that the Morlock hunt and terrify the Eloi, he speculates that his…
literature written by Sir Thomas More. In the novel, Utopia is a name of an island where everything is perfect from the society to the economy. This “island” can be seen in another well-known novel called The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. There are a lot of similarities between Utopia and The Time Machine, however, the fate of the Utopian and the future mankind is contradictory. For many centuries, human has been seeking a perfect world where people can live happily, and equally; especially, get…
In the story "The Time Machine" the Time Traveler theorizes about how the human race evolved into the Eloi and the Morlocks; many of these theories reflect ideas from Darwin's work. The theories the Time Traveler composes directly tie in with ideas of evolution, Natural Selection and environmental changes. First the Time traveler think that the Eloi are the only descendants of the human race; this is before he discovered the Morlocks. He believes that scientific progress continued to make…
Erik was administered an 11th grade level passage, “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells, to read aloud in English. His pronunciations were extremely precise, since Erik presents no language disabilities. Only one term was mispronounced from the paragraph; “anachronism”; however, it was due to lack of exposure to the word. When the enunciation for the expression was modeled, he repeated with great articulation. It is evident the student received excellent foundations in areas of phonology and…
In the novel A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, there are many ways in which Ebenezer Scrooge is redeemed by Jacob Marley’s ghost and the three Christmas Spirits. The novel’s setting starts in London where there are serious world problems lurking. Dickens, throughout the novel, does not stray far from showing the importance of maintaining good humanity in one’s lifetime. Dickens depicts this through the main character, Scrooge, showing his redemption from the beginning and end of the…
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…
It unlocks an unexplored and unimaginable world for the Time Traveller. Through the use of the time machine, the Time Traveller travels a great distance into the future. Once there he further explores the impact that machines have had on the human race. In this new era, it appears that the human race has split to become two separate species. The Eloi are a small childlike species and the Morlocks are apelike and live underground. The Eloi are defenseless, feeble, a rather unintelligent and…
In The Time Machine the time traveler theories about the future human organisms evolving into two distinguishing forms, Morlocks and Elois. H.G Well’s theories are much similar to Charles Darwin’s idea of natural selection and evolution. Wells uses great description and details to help the reader grasp what he theorizes of the species for example: “(His flushed face reminded me of the more beautiful kind of consumptive—that hectic beauty of which we used to hear so much Wells18)”.This is just…
these questions when my friends showed me the gifts they had from their grandparents. Dad did not tell me anything about his parents. So, I was passionate to know anything about them. In the following week, I decided to travel through time using the time machine. So, I traveled to the past to see who my parents were, and how they looked like. I traveled forty years ago when my father had not been born yet. I saw a married couple in their thirties working in their market. They were satisfied…
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells was written during the Industrial Revolution and caused the middle class to cease. They became a part of the first class. It became gradually harder for the lower class to succeed and get jobs that were not blue collar. H.G. Wells uses the Eloi and the Morlocks compare and contrast how the Industrial Revolution affect the social classes throughout time. The story of The Time Machine was written at the height of mass production, discovery, and advancement. H.G.…