of writing natural for him. He himself said that all he had to do was let my thoughts play about,and presently come out of the darkness,remote and mysterious worlds by an order, logical indeed, but other than our common sanity.[5] He admits that his aim was to write a rattling good yarn. Critics have pointed out that his stories can be interpreted psychologically, symbolically, and moralistically. His descriptions are considered excellent, even poetical.[5] In The Time Machine the Time Traveler travels to a location in the future resembling the Thames Valley to the year 8721 A.D. There he finds decaying homes and a small race of people called the Eloi, living on fruit happy by day but frightened at night. They fear the subterranean-dwelling, ape-like race called the Morlocks. The Time Traveler discovers that the Morlocks are still meat-eaters. They like human meat and come out at night to seize their prey, the Eloi.The Time Traveler points out that the workers have become like beasts taking revenge on their former masters, who are incapable of defending themselves. This is what happens when the gap widens between the haves and the have-nots. After the Time Traveler finds his machine, which was stolen, he moves further into the future where man has totally disappeared and the earth is populated by huge white butterflies and crabs as big as tables. He goes on and on for thirty million years to a dark cold world where the only moving thing is a large round object the size of a football with tentacles hanging down into blood red water. When the Time Traveler has returned and told his story to his friends, he vanishes again, this time for good. The story of The Time Machine is often interpreted to mean that civilization will destroy its makers. Even if that is so, Wells said it remains for us to live as though it were not so.[6]Wells books were, in part, based on real life happenings. He coined the phrase the shape of things ...
