Reader Response to Wells’ The Time Machine :: Time Machine

Reader Response to Wells The eon gondolaAs a Christian, I dont personally believe in evolution in general I dont think public evolved from a demoralize life form and I dont think we will be here(predicate) for another 800,000 years to evolve into anything else. But the logical scientist in me is til now intrigued at the possibilities presented in The eon Machine. So what would happen to the human hie a few hundred millennia from now? Would it divide into two intelligible races that live separately from whizz another as Wells describes? I personally dont think this would happen. The human race seems to have a unregenerated quality about it -- anytime there is a challenge or blockage to face, we tend to try to overcome it in one way or another. I remember reading somewhere recently (I cant remember where) that humans have a natural tendency to resist captivity or oppression. This is why slavery is never permenent, and the history of man is littered with uprisings and revol ts. This field of thinking begs the question if indeed the Morlocks were forced underground at one point or another, why did they stay there? Even if they recognized their new environment without question, they were going to run out of food at last -- no sun means no plants or vegetables, correct? This is where the Time Traveler presumes that the Morlocks began to feed on the Eloi out of necessity. But wouldnt the Morlocks just government issue to the surface at this point? Why would they stay underground if their simply food was on the surface? It doesnt seem to make sense. Nevertheless, the year 802,701 as envisioned by Wells is fascinating. I have always love good stories, especially imaginative ones, and I must admit that The Time Machine has become one of my favorite works of literature.Along these kindred lines, I have to agree with what Michael wrote in the first part of his daybook entry. I, too, am not a fan of overanalyzing works of literature. For me good stories are just that -- stories. Dont get me wrong, there are many cases where looking past the surface of a book is appropriate -- for example Animal call down is obviously allegory, and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is not so obviously a book promoting socialism. But sometimes I think that critics are jibe too deep into literature and finding things that just arent there, nor did the author cogitate for them to be there.