Analyzing The Newly Found Civilization In The Time Machine
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Huntington’s article analyzes the newly found civilization in the Time Machine as a simplification of issues in the Victorian Era. Huntington begins investigating how Wells connects the devolved civilization with the Victorian Era’s social disputes. Relating the upper and lower classes in the Victorian Era with the Eloi and Morlocks, he explains that the future society will be “reduced” to the past and considers humanity to be reduced to “children”. Huntington further analyzes the Eloi, describing them as “...the pure delight in beauty, gaity, play,” similar to the upper class society of them avoiding “thinking about necessity and pain.” Analyzing the Eloi, he also compares the Morlocks with the lower classes of the Victorian society. Huntington