Imperialism In The Time Machine

Imperialism played a role in the development of our modern day society. It was viewed differently by the imperialist and the colonies imperialized. H.G. Wells, Liang Qichao, Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani, and Rabindranath Tagore all lived through the new age of imperialism and saw what was done to the states across the globe. As a result, each of them developed and shared ideas on their views on imperialism.
H.G Wells and Liang Qichao were both against imperialism. Through his book The Time Machine the time traveler met with the “two natives inhabitants”. This followed a traditional European view that there was the nice and superior tribe, the Eloi, which welcome the foreigners and the evil tribe, the Morlock, who were savages. Throughout the book, Wells reveals that the Eloi’s were, in fact, the inferior race. The Eloi at some point were over power by the inferior race of the Morlocks ,and have since live in feor. This concept helps to demonstrate Wells thoughts that at some point the imperialize will rise and overthrow the inferior race. Wells believed that at some point this will happen to the British Empire. This is portrayed even more predominantly because he alludes that the location of these two races in the future is England. However, the concept that “ The sun will never set on the British empire” is …show more content…
Qichao believed that nationalism and imperialism were interconnected. Without the influence of nationalism, without the ‘leftover’ pride of nationalism, imperialist countries wouldn't believe in the idea that their country is superior to the others which as a result promoted the idea that to show your superiority an empire is needed. This concept was also viewed by Tagore. During his travels, he was able to observe the rise of nationalism in countries like Germany. In Germany nationalism played a key role in uniting the country towards expanding their ‘sphere of