The War Of The Worlds
(H.G.Wells)
The War Of The Worlds
War of the worlds is a fascinating novel written by H.G.Wells in which Martians land on earth and start invading its inhabitants. The principal theme of The War of the Worlds is evolution. The Martians are what humanity could become. They are super-intellects with highly evolved brains and ugly, shrunken bodies. As monsters, they are suitably grotesque and inhuman. Inside their terrible war machines, they are fearsome masters of technology, blasting whole towns out of existence; indeed, they destroy and kill sometimes without purpose?just for the joy of exercising nearly invincible power. Outside of their machines, they are pathetic and nearly helpless. The Martians see themselves as so superior to nature that they are not bound by rules of morality and ethical behavior. But their contempt for other living beings brings about their own destruction. They treat humans like beasts and ruthlessly pursue them like hunters. By implication, so too may humanity's arrogance lead to destruction by the forces of nature.
The prodigy of this novel is a a journalist who is "busy upon a series of papers discussing the probable developments of moral ideas as civilization had progressed" when the story begins. He relates the unfolding action with a journalist's eye for local color; his commentary appeals to a broad general audience. As an educated modern man, the Narrator acts as the reader's observer, describing what he sees as accurately as possible. In constant fear for his life, he is only "passive" in the sense that he can do nothing to stop the Martians. The idea that technological sophistication and moral development do not necessarily go hand-in-hand forms the central core of this novel. The idea that ethics must keep pace with humanity's ability to transform the natural world if cruelty and disaster are to be avoided is a point well worth making, even in the present day?and the idea that superior technological skills do not make one a moral person is a concept that young adults should come to understand.
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