The War Of The Worlds
The War Of The Worlds is about Martians coming down to earth and they
start invading London. The Martians try to wipe out mankind in London.
But don't become very successful because they get wiped out by the
tiniest things on earth bacteria.
The novel was published in 1898. At this time the British Empire was
strong and dangerous. The British Empire conquered many places, such
as India and parts of Africa. They were colonizing the countries.
People say that at that time the British Empire were "Stretched to
their limits"
Religion was being questioned by a man called Charles Darwin, who was
a famous scientist. He came up with the idea that humans evolved from
apes animals and cells multiplied. Religion was being questioned by
science, there were things that religion couldn't explain and science
did. Religion at that time started to get doubted because people were
seeing it that science had the answers and religion didn't.
In the War Of The Worlds the Curate represents religion and when the
Martians come to London, they try to invade it. He panics, forgets and
doubts his religion. It is then the narrator says "What good is
religion if it collapses at calamity?" what the narrator is trying to
say is there's no point for the Curate believing in his religion if he
collapses at it. Later in the novel the Curate absolutely goes mad and
has no faith at all. The Curate says "Hope!" "Yes; plentiful hope for
- all this destruction!" This quote shows and proves that he has no
faith in nothing, and then again he is someone who represents his
religion. The Curate also criticizes the quote. He really should have
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... novel is written to the first person. This is also an effective
device to use in this novel because it makes it real and also makes it
horrifying. The narrator's occupation is "a speculative philosopher"
and H.G Wells is a science fiction writer.
Wells describes his area of expertise for example he says "my
particular province is speculative philosopher." Wells wasn't a
scientist he was just interested in science.
In the novel this is seen as Wells referring to himself. Wells asks
for the reader participation. "The planet Mars I scarcely need remind
the reader….." he asks the reader participation when he says "people
who have never seen these structures and have only the ill - imagined
efforts of artists or the imperfect descriptions of such eye witness
as myself to go upon scarcely realize that living quality."
What makes reader to see an feel that ? The literary elements used by author to describe and coll or this main character through his journey to find the answer to all of the question arisen in a upcoming situations.
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