The Time Machine
Herbert George Wells
“The Time Machine” is a science fiction novel. The book’s protagonist, who is never named and called only the “Time Traveller”, is a brilliant Victorian inventor who travels 800,000 years into the future. He finds that humans have evolved into two distinct species, called the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi are peace-loving and childlike simpletons who are farmed and eaten by the brutal Morlocks, who live underground. This short novel was its novelist’s first, and it made him famous. The work has influenced generations of speculative fiction writers. In some ways, this novel is a ‘timeless’ text: it continues to enjoy huge popularity; as witnessed by big film adaptations, as well as the fact that the novel itself has never been out of print and is available in a range of editions.
“Wells” is attempting to depict a damaged, wrecked image of the future planet. He’s attempting to convey how dreadful the world may become if mankind continues on its current path. The novel is its writer’s Socialist warning of what will befall mankind if capitalism continues to exploit workers for the benefits of the rich. As the “Time Traveller” theorizes, the working class has been pushed underground for so long that it has evolved into a distinct, nocturnal species. The upper class has remained above ground, and their advanced civilization, stocked with amenities, has turned them into weak, lazy, and dependent creatures.
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