The Time Machine and the Plight of the Chinese Immigrant in 19th Century American West
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SummaryThe Time Machine, written in 1895, describes the adventures the Time Traveler as he explores the 800 thousandth century and the unknown eons unto the dying of our sun. The bulk of the story occurs in the year 802,701, where the Time Traveler stops and encounters a strange species called the Eloi. The Eloi are small, fair, and child-like; they are obviously descendants of humans. The Eloi appear to live in a perfect world, an Eden of the remote future. The land is rich with lush vegetation and plentiful fruits. These little people of the future seemed never to work; their only goals and ambitions seemed to be the pursuit of pleasure. Yet who maintains their dwelling spaces? Who makes their clothing? The Time Traveler, through his examination of this future civilization, comes upon the realization that there is, in addition to the Eloi, another species descended from humans: the Morlocks.
Table of Contents- So begins the epic journey of the Time Traveler in HG Wells' prophetic novel The Time Machine.
- That Wells may have had American class differences in mind when he wrote The Time Machine is conceivable.
- The industrialization of the West bred a working class that utilized the skills of immigrant workers.
- There is a definite similarity in the physical appearance of the Morlocks and the Chinese laborers.
- The final similarity between the characters of The Time Machine and the historical characters of the 19th century west.
- Basically, without the Chinese labor, the Western Elite would not have enjoyed their own paradise of wealth.
- The Eloi of Wells' novel resembles the Western Elite in their appearance.
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