Is time travel possible?

       Though it may of seemed decades ago that the years of time machines were in our grasps, the science behind these machines is not there. Time is the 4th dimension; it is physically impossible to move around in this dimension with the technology and knowledge we have today. But even if you believe we may obtain this knowledge in the future, then where are the time travelers today from the future? The access to time travel is not available. Although the first two chapters of the book are convincing, the question still arises on how you are supposed to achieve this time traveling state. So is time travel possible? No. It is not.

What is the overall theme that H.G. Wells is trying to portray?

       H.G. Wells is the author of many books. The War of the Worlds like this story are fictional stories, but within this gripping story of a time traveler, the author incorporates science by articulating the likelihood of time travel. The main theme we see in the story, however, is the stunning evolution of the human race that the author foresees. Just like the Time Traveler, the author believes that communism leads to the formation of a capitalist society. This society is eventually reversed after a long period of the capitalists are in charge. The capitalists will become weak and ignorant which will allow Darwinism to take affect in turn flipping the ruling party. The author is wanting to warn us that a communist society, though not immediately, will lead to many dark days in our human history that would compare to the world of 802,701.

How did the Morlock's plan go abruptly wrong?

       After leaving the palace, Weena and the Time Traveler set up camp in the woods with a fire. The fire goes out while they are sleeping, and the Morlocks begin to attack. Suddenly, the forest catches on fire and the Morlocks scrammed, but Weena dies in the fire. The Time Traveler makes his way back to the White Sphinx in outrage. The Time Traveler states, "And now came a most unexpected thing. As I approached the pedestal of the sphinx, I found that the bronze valves were open. They had slid down into grooves." The Time Traveler is excited that he can see him machine within the sphinx, but he knows that it must be a trap, yet he disregards it and enters it. Thinking that he will be fine with his matches, he has nothing to strike them on and the Morlocks jump all over him. The Time Traveler fights them off, puts the levels back in place, and shoots into the future!

Why is the Palace of Green Porcelain important to the story?

       The Time Traveler enters the Palace, which is truly made of green porcelain, with Weena. As they begin to examine the dusty building, the Time Traveler describes the scene. "We found, instead of a customary hall, a long gallery lit by many side windows. At first glance I was reminded of a museum."(85) The building was sincerely a library or some sort of museum. There were books and artifacts scattered about the large building. The dust surrounding the vast variety of information symbolizes the information becoming lost or unused and a loss of civilized nature. The only use of this building now is a path to the underworld of the Morlocks which they protagonists soon find out.

How does the story compare to Darwinism and the survival of the fittest?

        After many years of the capitalists, or the Eloi, being in charge without any work, they became weak.  The proletariat, or the Morlocks, had spent many years working for the Eloi. Now the Eloi are weak, fragile, and ignorant humans while the strong Morlocks are now ruling as the power has switched. The Time Traveler compares that, "The Eloi were mere fatted cattle, which the ant-like Morlocks preserved and preyed upon - probably saw to the breeding of."(83-84) By this the Time Traveler is indicating that in order for Morlocks to survive, they needed to evolve. The only thing that is keeping the Eloi alive is the Morlocks using them as fatted cattle and eating them. Darwinism states that organisms evolve to better suit their environment, and if they don't, than they will become extinct. Although it seems as if the Eloi are more advanced, the Morlocks are the dominant human race.

Why do the Eloi fear darkness?

       The Time Traveler did not understand the Eloi's fear of darkness until after he had visited the voracious Morlocks. As written, "The enemy I dreaded may surprise you. It was the Darkness of the new moon. Ween had put this into my head by some at the first incomprehensible remarks about the Dark Nights."(76) It finally all made sense to the Time Traveler. After his first two hypotheses had been incorrect, his last assumption was correct. The reason for the Eloi's fear of the night was due to the Morlocks; the Morlocks are the cannibalistic race of future humans that eat and stalk the Eloi at night. The Time Traveler now fears for his own life as he travels to a green castle-like building with Weena.

How does the Time Traveler learn more about the Morlocks?

      After much consideration, the Time Traveler concludes that the only way that he will be able to return to his time is to enter a well and try to retrieve his machine. He continues his story, "...so soon as I had struck a match in order to see them, they fled incontinently...some way down the central vista was a little table of white metal, laid with what seemed a meal. The Morlocks at any rate were carnivorous."(72) The Time Traveler notes that this race of future humans were scared of light, and that they eat meat. Yet, as the last match goes out, he is attacked and barely escapes their grasps. He later questions what type of meat it could possibly be and realizes, "...what foul villainy it might be that the Morlocks did under the new moon."(76) He symbolizes that the meat he had seen in the underworld was the Eloi. The Morlocks were cannibalistic.