In the future the time traveller met two kinds of species the Elois and the Morlocks. The Elois are evolved members of the upper class. However they are neither advanced nor intellectual beings. In actual fact they are lazy, dim-witted and ‘indescribably frail’. To a certain extent their beautiful utopian civilization has made them weak and foolish both physically and mentally and can do nothing for themselves. In contrast the ape like Morlocks are evolved members of the working class. The time traveller theorizes that through the centuries the working class have been constantly forced underground and after awhile have evolved into separate species from the upper class. Nocturnal and skilful the time traveller believes that they are the slaves to the Elois. But soon the time traveller finds out that it is the other way round and that the Morlocks breed the Elois like modern day cattle’s.
H. G. Wells uses poetic and very vivid descriptive language in the story for instance his account of the time traveller’s rapid journey through time. The time traveller who is now narrating the story used the time machine the next morning to travel through time ‘gripped the starting lever with both hands, and went off with a thud’. At first it was quite fast until the time traveller ‘pressed the lever over to its extreme position’. ‘The night came like the turning out of a lamp, and in another moment came tomorrow’ and slowly it was going faster and faster even ‘the slowest snail that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me’. The time traveller was ‘still gaining velocity’ now that ‘night and day merged into one continuous greyness’. Despite the fact that ‘whatever lay in the way meant bringing my atoms into such intimate contact’ the time traveller continued his journey through time.
The time traveller now travelling ’at a high velocity scarcely mattered’ as ‘trees growing and changing like puffs of vapour’. When he finally stopped, the time machine and he are hurled through the air and land in ‘a little lawn in a garden’.
Walking in the hot sun the time traveller seeks shelter in one of the ruins from the intense heat. Here he sees these ‘large bright eyes’ watching him. The eyes disappeared and the time traveller followed them. Going down a well he lights a match a catches a glimpse of these creatures that were ‘so like a human spider’ and made the time traveller ‘shudder’. The time traveller now realizes that mankind had evolved into two distinct species the upper world Elois and the nocturnal Morlocks as he named them. He comes up with a new second theory that these subterranean Morlocks live in tunnels and work to ensure the functioning of the Elois. He believes that the human race has split into two groups the Elois being the descendants of the rich and wealthy upper class and the Morlocks being the descendants of the working class. The time traveller thinks that the Morlocks have taken his time machine. The time traveller gets a iron mace from this gallery and now is ready to confront the brutal and wild Morlocks. He goes down a well and a group of the Morlocks attack him . the time traveller lights a match and the Morlocks all retrieve. He sees a table laid with flesh seemingly ready to eat. After fighting off the Morlocks the time traveller notices that his initial assumptions were wrong,. The Morlocks breed the Elois. He thinks that the upper class had wealth and comfort and the poor had work and life. Without food the only choice for the Morlocks are the Elois. The time traveller theorizes that the utopian lifestyle of the Elois are only for the benefit of the Morlocks.
Genre is like a group of a large item. It is like the branches of a particular tree. Science fiction is a genre of entertainment. A classic example is the Terminator. The terminator is about time travel and has many futuristic technology that we don’t yet posses..
H. G. Wells is trying to warn the society through the ‘Time Machine’ that capitalism is destructive. H. G. Wells is also trying to say that the future is unpredicted and the instead of utopia , dystopia could happen.