Topic > The Time Machine - 1287

The future described by HG Wells in The Time Machine is plausible, but only in certain ways, such as the idea that the working class will eventually overtake the wealthy upper class and gradually take over the upper hand. In the future represented by HG Wells we can see that he very clearly highlights the class distinction between rich and poor. This future created by Wells is one in which society has evolved so much that there is no longer any need for any kind of improvement. The society they live in is a society without the need for medicine, weapons or even technology. The Morlocks are the working class who live underground beneath the Eloi. They work to support the Eloi but we eventually learn that they have begun eating their upper class rulers known as the Eloi. HG Wells creates a future in which society has evolved so much that it has effectively devolved and restored the earth to something representative of prehistory. This future created by Wells is certainly possible in some respects, but when you consider whether this physical prediction is plausible, then it loses some of its weight. The future in which humans have returned to the point of being fragile, stupid, useless creatures as embodied in the Eloi is a bit much to believe in, but the premise of the mutiny of the lower classes 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, we see that it took the human brain about 3 million years to triple in size and get to the point where it is now. This, combined with Newton's commonly accepted third law, would leave you to believe that the human brain would take approximately... half of a sheet of paper... God in this future, except when something new emerges that is fear and uncertainty and the time traveler legitimately feels in danger. The topics that Wells chooses to discuss are very relevant and, except for the physical representation of the creatures of the future, the issue of oppression of the lower class and revolt against the upper class and especially the meaning of life are important issues that have and they probably will. come to life in the future. HG Wells' dark depiction of the future through The Time Machine is full of warnings and an almost Marxist vision against 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 mankind to be encouraged that wherever life may lead mankind, there is always hope and this is a very plausible for humanity.