The Time Machine by H.G.Wells
Project description:
Requirements:
- Use the novel as the primary source ( three direct references)
- Do not reference the movie in any way
- Spell characters names correctly
Prompts:
1. Analyze significant differences between 19th Century society and the EloilMorlock society beyond the obvious physical/intellectual attributes. Show how the novel supports your ideas.
2. Analyze Wells’s differing opinion of science/progress and humans as presented in the novel.
3. Give the definition of society (or civilization) supported by the novel (use three elements of society).
4. Analyze the social evolution of the human species between the year 1895 AD. and 802,701 AD. as implied in the novel 4
5. Show how social evolution (see #5) likely influenced the biological evolution that resuted in the Eloi and Morlock as human descendants.
6. How are the ideas in Marx’s “Communist Manifesto” (Le. Communism, Social Classes, and Proletariat/Bourgeoisie) represented in the novel?
7. What social characteristics of Victorian England (1895) survived into the future (802,701) and which characteristics changed dramatically?
8. Do you think the Morlocks rebelled against the Eloi at some point in history? Why or why not?