H.g. Wells The Time Machine

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The surroundings seem to indicate a time of great learning ,of art, and beauty. The Time Traveler states " I saw mankind housed in splendid shelters, gloriously clothed and as yet I had found them engaged in no toil" ( Wells 38 ). The Time Traveler believed that the future held a perfect society. He assumes that these people who live here live in perfect harmony with no worries at all. The Time Traveler is introduced to the Eloi , strange little people who inhabit this society. "Indeed there was something in these little people that inspired confidence a graceful gentleness, a certain child like ease" (Wells 30). These traits making it look as if man had finally reached a point of perfection. Free from all forms of toil and able to spend all their time in the pursuit of culture and learning.
Wells shows the reader the reality of the situation through the Eloi people. The Time Traveler sees that the Eloi have the intellect of five year olds. They lack ...

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of the future society that were soon realized by the Time Traveler.
Even more, the Time Traveler saw the Eloi people as the complete opposite of what he thought them to be. The Time Traveler sees how first impressions are not necessarily the right impressions. The Elois were slight creatures about four feet high, frail, fair haired and child like. They were also vegetarians. They showed no interest in learning and seemed to care little for each other. "A queer thing I soon discovered about my little hosts, and that was their lack of interest" ( Wells 33 ). Life had become to them nothing but play time with the world a play ground. "The great triumph of humanity I had ...

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