In the War Of The Worlds,it is clear that HG Wells is not happy with societies beliefs and ideas. Discuss the way Wells uses language to show his disapproval of religion in chapter 13 and book 2.
HG Wells was a scientist in the early 1900s who wrote science fiction novels which was a way of informing society about Wells’ dislike of the political atmosphere of that time; in short, it was designed deliberately to give society a taste of their own medicine. This is because he did not agree with the ways society was dealing with the issues of war, poverty and industrialisation. The book the war of the worlds is about an invasion of a different form of life from the planet Mars; a place that the common man in the streets didn’t know much about and a place that Wells was very much interested in and wanted society to understand about the concepts of science and creation issues – something that was a very serious and important debate at the times Wells book was published.
The conflict between science and religion is a huge thing regards to this book because if you think about it because each of the themes represent two characters, For example The Narrator represents Science you know the when he says the word “microscope” in the first chapter it introduces you to his character and directly tells you he is a scientist and introduces the theme. However The Curate represents Religion, like the Narrator you can tell this at the time you meet him because all he cares about is the church when he says “The church we rebuilt it only three years ago” which makes him also sound quite selfish because his and pretty much the rest of the worlds life is in danger and all he can think of is the church. Also the conflict of the two themes relates to a debate that has been going on for hundreds of years, How was the world created Science or Religion !