Time Machine

The Time Machine is a science fiction written by H.G.Wells, first published in 1895. The novel tells us a man who travelled through time by a special vehicle and his s pecial experience in the future society. The writer H.G.Wells was a socialist and a paci fist. This novel The Time Machine reflects Wells's own socialist political views. We ca n find it in the future world he described in the story. This novel describes a time travel er to travel by inventing a time machine to the vear AD 802701.There are two kinds o f people.One kind of people called Eloi.They are well-dressed, doing no work, and pursue an easy life.And the other kind of strange white ape-like creatures the Eloi call ed Morlocks.This group of creatures lives underground. They are very cruel.When th ey come out of the underground in the nig ht, they begin to kill and eat Eloi as their fo od.The time traveler helps Eloi and fights against Morlocks.Morlocks hide his time m achine into a statue, but He finally gets it, and use the machine into the future.But he makes some mistakes, and travels thirty million years into the future. He finds the lif e is almost extinct at that time. However, he returns to the present time in the end.In the story, the author describes two kinds of people. He compares the rich people in the present society to Eloi, and the poor to Mo rock. The relation between Eloi and Morlock likes the relation between the people at present society.It gives us a warning in so me degree, and makes us to think about t he peace life and our earth's environment deeply. By the description of thirty million y ears later, we can see the disadvantage of the pollution in present society would caus e.In my opinion, we should protect our env ironment and treasure the peace life if we don't want the future to be like that in the story.Although human conquer everything, but with the extinction of the animals and plant. The earth will not be a home, but a hell.

2023-06-09

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