Wagar stated the vision in Wells’ eyes was the struggle for survival and the threat of extinction. This was relevant to Wells’ literary context as in the 1890’s he looked at the theory of evolution and how it would affect the future of humanity, which he demonstrated though his writing on evolution and social Darwinism. The references to cannibalism also have links to evolution though. He warns that these extremities are caused by ‘the exclusive tendency of richer people… and the widening gulf between them”. Beyond just representing Wells’ time, he is sending a message to the reader of the future if inequality is not addressed. While trying to escape the futuristic world though he attempts to crush the Morlocks skulls, possibly because he saw a reflection of himself and humanity in them. In the text the Time Traveller shows disdain towards the Morlocks and their degeneration, but also shows his own cannibalistic side by calling them ‘delicious’. It reflects the class segregation in the Victorian England setting of his time and the treatment of the working-class that existed. References to class division connect to Wells’ historical context. Wells is a product of its historical and literary context at the time, but are its allusions to class division and human evolution more than that? The text is based on the Time Traveller’s voyage into a dystopian future society where humanity has split off into two species, the Eloi and the Morlocks, but there are hidden messages to the reader within.
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