Monday, December 13, 2010
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.
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