The Time Machine Sparknotes

Introduction- The Time Machine is a book of adventure and science. The Time Traveler discovers what the future will be in 802,701 AD. H.G. Wells incorporates the political standpoint of late Victoria England. He is trying to point out how troubled the future will be if the current society doesn't change its ways. If not, the society will become the Eloi, terrified of the Morlocks. The Morlocks are strong and terrifying. Key Idea 1- The Time Traveler creates a small replica of the bigger time machine he later shows his guests. The small time machine disappears into thin air. The Time Traveler explains the reason you cannot see it is because it is going into the future faster than we are. The narrator has a group of guests over later that week for dinner. The Time Traveler is late, but comes …show more content…
He then goes down one of the wells scattered around the land of the Eloi. He soon finds a spot to rest only to be awoken by nasty fingers. Once he opens his eyes, a group of Morlocks run away in fear of the match he lit. Suddenly the match blew out and the Morlocks no longer were afraid of him. They then cornered him. Thinking of what type of meat the Morlocks were eating the first time he saw them, he realized it was Eloi that they were eating. The Morlocks hunt at night, that is why the Eloi are so afraid of the night. The Eloi are so scared of the Morlocks that they have grown weak. Due to the fear of the Eloi, the Morlocks have become stronger. The author of The Time Machine, H. G. Wells, realtes science in many ways. Throughout the book, The Time Traveller is hypothesizing conclusions of where the creatures are from, how they strive, what they eat, why they do what they do. He adds small details, like the Eloi are scared of the dark, to other small details, like the Morlocks were eating a strange meat. The Time Traveler concluded that the Morlocks ate the Eloi at