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HG Wells View Of Humanity - The Time Machine  

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H.G.Wells' The Time Machine Explain "The Time Machine's" View Of Humanity? How does the novel reflect the authors view of humanity and the time time that it was written? H.G. Wells was fascinated by the theory of evolution and how far that mankind could control its own destiny. This is evident in other novels of Wells such as "War of the Worlds" and "The Shape of Things to Come". However nowhere is his fear for mankind's future more evident than in his novel "The Time Machine". His love of humanity in crisis and scientific theories have produced this great book, that has a surprising reflection of what could be seen as the views and pessimistic jitters of the author. Personally I believe there are two characters in the novel that present Wells' views. I believe that the main character of the book named "The Time Traveller" was meant to represent the author's fear...

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