Critical Analysis of "The Time Machine" by HG Well
Critical Analysis of "The Time Machine" by HG Wells
Let me start the essay by saying I believe H.G. Wells is one of the most intelligent writers of his time: a true futurist. I think the theme of this book would be more on the like lines of thinking about something before u do it. The time traveler should have thought things threw and taken precautions for everything that could possibly go wrong, or right for that matter. If he had done this, I am sure he would have had a camera, matches (to fight of the Morlocks), cigars (he constantly wants them through out the story) and of course, his machine wouldn't have been captured by the Morlocks.
The main characters in the time machine where the Time Traveler himself, Weena (an Eloi who The Time Traveler rescued) the Eloi was a race and the Morlocks was a race. Weena was by far the most interesting of the characters. She was an Eloi who was drowning while trying to bathe in a river. The Time Traveler quickly jumped into the river and rescued her. She then started following The Time Traveler everywhere on his expeditions. He to gained knowledge from Weena about the Morlocks and the Eloi's. The Time Traveler obviously was an intelligent man, I mean he figured out a way to travel through time! He was also a very rich, charming and friendly man, a little too anxious and curious though. His anxiety made him go to another time unprepared, nothing with him but a package of matches. The Morlocks are a race of our current day primates except ten times more ugly and they live underground. They are very aggressive but have a weakness, light. The Eloi's on the other hand are very nice and gentle, and are scared of the dark (because that's when the Morlocks come out). Did I forget to mention that the Morlocks are carnivorous so they occasionally much on Eloi's! The Morlocks end up stealing the time machine, but only to lure the Time Traveler in so they could make a meal out of him.
The Time machine alone is about a man, whose name is not revealed, referred to as The Time Traveler. He builds a time machine and travels forward in time. ...