In light of what we’ve been reading for the class, one of the most glaring common themes that I’ve seen is the rejection of nature itself. To me, the theme not only symbolizes the potential future of man as he tries to distance himself from what’s considered “barbaric,” but also the moral, mental, and intellectual […]
The gaps between the worker class and owner/wealthy upper class in the novels and movie that we watched is getting interesting. Technology may be a factor but what’s standing is the gaps, at first Granville, and Shelly their was just an upper class doing what it wanted with science or telling the future. But now […]
While reading the end of The Time Machine where the time traveler had gone forward past the end of humanity I was struck by the similarities that scene shared to a scene in The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King. In the scene Wells wrote, “Looking round me again, I saw that, quite […]
In the second half of the Time Machine we see the time traveler go even further into the future. As he travels he observes the changes in the landscape and in the sun. The time traveler watches as the as the sun expands and starts causing the oceans to evaporate and the plant life to start dying. […]
In both ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau’ and ‘The Time Machine’ there are both mentions of cannibalism and how it was seen as barbaric and primitive. The beast-man that does kill the rabbit has to do it in the jungle at night since it was against the rule (1). Dr. Moreau even puts laws into […]
I like to read stories about the future, no matter how far-fetched they seem. They always seem to excite me because no one really knows what is going to happen. Each story is just a window into the author’s imagination. H.G. Wells eventually takes The Time Machine millions of years into the future, which I […]
Our most recent discussion in class regarding the concept of uncanny sensations and appearances has brought to mind yet another “Star Trek” parallel. We mentioned dolls, clowns, and zombies, among others which strike obvious uncanny chords within us. We also mentioned androids in particular as truly being uncanny. In staying synonymous with the Star Trek […]
The Time Machine brings up a very interesting question: what happens if technology can do absolutely everything for us, and humans no longer have to do any of the work? We become lazy and devolved (into two separate species depending on your line of work before the great technological advances), at least according to Wells, […]
This isn’t the first time I’ve read the Time Machine by H.G Wells, but it is a much different experience this time around. There is a series of books I had as a kid where they took literary classics (London, Melville, Wells, Doyle, and a bunch of others) and I can’t remember the exact series […]
While reading The Time Machine this time around I could not help but compare the Morlocks in the novel to the creatures in the movie The Descent. Both are a race that have evolved or devolved form humans, depending on how one sees it, and both had to do so underground in the darkness. The […]
I’ve been creeped out by dystopias before but this one takes the Twinkie. Back up a minute, the Time Machine is a dystopia? I had read it years ago, but kind of forgot a lot of the plot. I never then thought of it as a book equivalent, in many ways, to Brave […]
In reading the Time Machine by H.G. Wells I fear for the decedents of man in Wells’ future and even our own. In the book man has devolved into to separate but similar species. First we meet the Elio the peaceful surface dwellers. These people seem to be both physically and cognitively stunted, this is […]
I really enjoy the idea of time travel, however I don’t believe it will ever be possible it is a great thing to write a book about. I like how the travelers’ guests actually question what he is saying he is doing. A lot of book I’ve read the characters don’t question what is happening around […]
The first five chapters of H.G.Wells’ The Time Machine are certainly intriguing. Wells takes us very far into the future, or at least what he believes it could look like, and tells us that mankind has split into two different races. When the Time Traveler first arrives in the year 802,701 he is surrounded by […]
Sadly, every time I see the name of H.G. Wells, I think of the lovely Ms Helena Wells from Warehouse 13. Now its strange to think otherwise, I was that much of a fan of the show, that Wells was a man not a women. The contrast between the Mr Wells and the Warehouse Ms […]
I legitimately can’t stop seeing the Science Fiction novels we’ve been reading as part of one continuous timeline, despite the fact that they were written by different people with different agendas in mind.
After talking to Lizzie and Rob, I realized that my copy of The Time Machine had one extra chapter, and that my Chapter 12 was different from theirs. My Chapter 13 more matched their Chapter 12–with a few obvious revisions. It seems that someone (perhaps a modest time traveler?) had gone back and removed this […]
If you had a time machine like the one in H.G. Wells story, The Time Machine, would you use it? For the sake of the length of this blog, let’s assume you would. Would you want a machine that allowed you to stop when you saw something you didn’t understand or looked interesting like the […]
During our discussion of the Eloi and they have devolved and act like little children, it made me think of the personality structure that Sigmund Freud published in 1923 and the three parts of our personality. According to Freud, one of the first parts to develop in our personality, is the Id, which is explained by […]
The Eloi certainly have it made. They don’t have (much) of a care in the world past what brightly-colored fruit they will eat next, who is worth playfully flirting with (and more), and whether or not to take a nap. As the Time Traveler says, “To adorn themselves with flowers, to dance, to ding in […]
When we were reading selections from Edgar Allen Poe, I made mention of the fact that his non-use of dates was puzzling to me. The little things that I noted could not leave my head as I read the rest of his works. Well, H.G. Wells falls under the same category for me. There are […]
Time means so many different things to people. Some people (like myself) never seem to have enough time in the day (seriously if I did not have to sleep I would get so much stuff done!). Some people regret that they have wasted too much time (thanks a lot Youtube!). Some people may not have […]
I kept wondering what the point of living in the Boston of 2000 even was, since everything is easy and everything is basically given to you at the cost of genuine individuality. What is there for people to live and work for outside of the common good and their own pleasure?