A Prediction In The Stars By H. G. Wells

Have you ever made a prediction that has become true? Throughout history, people, mostly scientist, have made predictions about the end of the world. These predictions are usually made at the start of a new era or when a change in Earth or in the universe is present. Most people become erratic when they hear things like this, while others believe that predictions are just a way to get some attention in media. Nowadays, we are living in a world whose resources are vanishing and that is full of contamination. Earth is struggling. “The Stars”, written by H.G. Wells, is a short story that narrates a prediction of the end of the world because of a star that is coming towards the earth. At first, people were amazed of the star, but they kept having

That also happened in 2012, when scientists and media, were saying that it would be the end of the world because of a “Maya calendar” that had already predicted some events that became true. For example, when the twin towers collapsed. The “Maya calendar” ended in the year 2012, and that is why that prediction was made. Although, I think that humanity itself has been destroying earth little by little. There has been happening some natural disaster all around the world, like H.G. Wells predicted in the story. For example when he says, “Earthquakes, volcanic outbreaks, cyclones, sea waves, floods, and a steady rise in temperature to I know not the limit” (366). Like this prediction, these catastrophes have been occurring in some parts of the world. For example, some events that have occurred are: the tsunami in Thailand, the earthquake in Japan and Haiti, and more recently Puerto Rico going through a drought. There has also been an increase in temperature that has melted the ice in the north poles and in high mountains. Like when Wells says, “And upon all the mountains of the earth the snow and ice began to melt that night, and all the rivers coming out of high country flowed thick and turbid, and soon-in their upper reaches- with swirling trees and the bodies of beasts and men”