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Essay / The Time Machine - 1287
The future described by HG Wells in The Time Machine is plausible, but only in certain respects, such as the idea of the working class eventually overtaking the wealthy upper class and gradually taking over. In the future depicted by HG Wells, we can see that it very clearly highlights the class distinction between the rich and the poor. This future created by Wells is one where society has evolved so much that no further improvement is necessary. The society they live in has no need for medicine, weapons, or even technology. The Morlocks are the working class who live under the Eloi, they work to support the Eloi but we eventually learn that they have started eating their upper class leaders known as the Eloi. HG Wells creates a future in which society has evolved so much that it has actually devolved and restored Earth to something representative of prehistoric times. This future Wells created is entirely possible in some ways, but in examining whether this physical prediction is plausible, it loses some of its weight. The future in which humans have once again become fragile, stupid, and useless creatures, as embodied in the Eloi, is a little hard to believe, but the hypothesis that the lower class are staging a mutiny is one that, on a small scale , has already happened. in society and could certainly occur in the future. Newton's third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If we look at modern science, it shows that it took about 3 million years for the human brain to triple in size to get to the point where it is today. This, combined with Newton's commonly accepted third law, would lead you to believe that the human brain would take approximately ...... middle of paper ...... God in this future, except when something new, viz. fear and uncertainty arises. and the time traveler legitimately feels in danger. The topics Wells chooses to address are very relevant and, with the exception of the physical representation of the creatures of the future, the issue of oppression and revolt of the lower class against the upper class and in particular the meaning of life are important questions that have been and probably will be. come to life in the future. HG Wells' bleak depiction of the future through The Time Machine contains many warnings and an almost Marxist view of capitalism and its downsides. HG Wells chooses to include a symbol of hope through the fragile and tender white flowers, a symbol of hope for humanity to encourage that wherever life may lead humanity, there is always hope and it is a very plausible outcome. for humanity.