View of Humanity ( the Time Machine by H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells The Time Machine Mischel Figusch

Englisch-LK Jg. 13

The view of humanity in The Time Machine - Essay

This essay is about the view of humanity that arises from “The Time Machine”

It includes the TT’s speeches and his theories about how the Eloi and the Morlocks came to be. It also shows that Wells haunts at critical aspects on society.

The first hints at Wells political attitude are already noticeable in the beginning of the novel: “To discover a society”, said I, “erected on a strictly communistic basis.”(page 10, line 19)

By the example of Eloi and Morlocks, he warns of Capitalism and its consequences to mankind. This vision which is presented in “The Time Machine” shows or rather forecasts the results of the social split between the leisurely wealthy upper class and the working class, especially in the Victorian