Summary Of The First George Wells Novel The Time Machine

Harbert George Wells(1866-1946) was a great English Writer. He was a Novelist, historian and a teacher also. His father was a cricket player and shopkeeper and his mother was a lady’s maid. He was a great writer of novels on science fiction. He also known as ‘father of science fiction’. He was much influenced by Jules Verne’s writing. He wrote many novels like ‘the time machine’,'the island of doctor moreau’,’the invisible man’ and ‘the war of the worlds’ etc. He wrote dozens of novels, short stories and his works was mainly on history, satire and he also wrote two books on wars. He also nominated for noble prize four times.

He write his first novella ‘The Time Machine’. The book was a great success which make him more agressive for writing novels. It was written in 1895. This book was based on science fiction. It was based on time travelling. It was an adventure story describing the time traveller’s travel into future by the machine which is constructed by him. There he saw a different world which is more beautiful then our present world. The world is divided in two parts. Much of the novel is on his discovery of divided worlds. The book is a great imagination that can be appreciated by fans of both Science Fiction and Non Science Fiction.

‘The Time Machine’ novella is warning for the man who exploit the man which is weaker than him. The writer said that if it continues than what will happen to mankind. By his two divided worlds writer shows that the weaker one are underground for so long because of their exploitation by the rich one and these underground people are called Morlocks in the story and the rich who living on the ground are called Eloi. The Morlocks are changed in craetures which kill Eloi for their survival and the Eloi who are the rich person become lazy, weak and dependent creatures due to their facilities. Eloi are too lazy they just sleep, bath and eat. But the Morlocks are the working people. Therefore we can say that the people may not change by changing environment. So through this story writer wants to send a message to the people that we must have to treat all people equal so that our real world does not change in two diffrent worlds like in this story.

The story began from a hall where people of various profession were sitting together. The Mayor, Editor, Medical man, The Time Traveller and the narrator were present there and there the time traveller proposed his idea of Time Machine but nobody believe in his voice because every one knows that it is impossible. Then the time traveller goes into the room and come up with a machine model in his hand. It is a glittering mettalic device, bareky larger tan a clock. There is a ivory and some transparent crystalline substance in it. The time traveller tell them about the working of that machine.

After some days all people except the time traveller were sitting together. They all discussing about time traveller’s machine none of them believe in time traveller they said that time traveller just can show a trick. Then suddenly the time traveller came. His coat was dirty, as if he had been suffering a long time. He can’t able to speak even. Everyone looking on to his face but he can’t speak a single word. The time traveller start eating without answering their question as he was too tired. Everyone wants to hear his story then the time traveller starts his story. He said that he complete his model and wants to travel in future he pressed the lever of the machine suddenly his laboratory was out from his sight he was moving like a rocket night came then it convert in day just in a second.

The leaves of trees were falling, he crossed many seasons and just in minutes. He was too much confused. Then his time machine stop after some years. The time traveller was surrounded by bushes and flowers. He wants to see the future world then he stand up from the machine and saw the outside world he saw great buildings and felt the aloneness in the new world. Then he saw some people approaching him through the bushes.

One of them come near to the time traveller. He was just may be 4 feet height. Then the people surrounded the time traveller. Some of them touching the time machine. The time traveller put the lever into his pocket and try to speak with them. But their language was something different from our present language. Then they take me to a building. Their I met several people which are dressed beautifully. The building was also beautiful and well shaped. In the building I saw many people sitting together for dinner. The all peoplr saw the time traveller as a creature that they had never seen before but the time traveller was not able to understand their language. Then he saw heaps of fruits all people started eating fruits. I was also hungry I started eating fruits with them. Then he come out of the building and saw that the new world was very beautiful there was everywhere flowers and greenary. Then after some time he realised that the dogs, camels almost all other animals were extinct and the houses were also not present in new world the people live together in buildings. Then he sat on a chair and feel the beauty of new world and realise that new world has no problem their was no signs of ownership, agriculture they just living on fruits they all were strict vegeterian and the problem of population was also solved in future.

It was night the moon was rose up suddenly a thought come in his mind then he ran towards the place where he left his time machine but he couldn’t find his time machine there. He was full of panic then he saw a building there he saw that the little man sleeping together. He asked them about his machine but they behaved oddly some of them laughed. The next morning he realised that it is time waisting to ask these little people. Then he met a little woman Weena. They become friends. Then he realised on that night that she is afraid of dark and shadows although all little people afraid of dark. On that night he also saw some different creatures. They had big eyes and ape like figures.

Then the time traveller realised that their are two different worlds of people one with having all the facilities and living on the upper ground who are visible only in daylight called the Eloi and others who are living underground and come upper ground only in dark called the Morlocks. Then the time traveller found that morlocks were living in wells. Then he decided to go in wells but the little weena refused him but he somehow managed her. He goes down in the well their he feel smell of blood and saw a piece of meat. Their he feels the presence of morlocks. He glow the matchstick all the morlocks ran away from him. But he had not enough matches so the morlocks attack on him but somehow he was able to escape from the morlocks.

Then he understood why eloi had fear of dark. He also compare them that in the past time the eloi were the rich people and the morlocks were there servants and the morlocks made their every thing of need. But now the eloi were the weaker one and afraid from morlocks. On the next day he decided to go to the palace of green porcelain and little weena with him. In his way he and weena spend their one night in forest with the fear of morlocks. Next morning he reached to the palace of green porcelain. He found that it was like a old museum and he found a match, some camphor and a iron bar for safety.

On that night he was again in forest with weena both had fear of morlocks. Weena was become cold and motionless in the fear of dark. The morlocks attacks again. He lost his match he fight morlocks with the iron rod. He suddenly look back to weena but weena was gone. Now he smell that something is burning he look at the forest the trees catch the fire. The morlocks were running in fear of fire. The time traveller also trace their path. He want weena back because he think a future with Weena but she was gone. He thought that she probably caught by the fire in the forest. But next day he was able to find his time machine in the white sphinx it was all dark morlocks attack on time traveller but he pressed the lever and able to leave that time. Now again that thing happen days were change in night just in a second. He stopped his time machine at some time in future and saw the outside world. Suddenly a big crab came by a minute dozens of crabs were collect there. He preesed the liver but the scene was same all crabs were there. He again pressed the lever and this time he was able to leave that time.

The passage of days, nights continued turn the million dial to zero. Then he saw the walls of his laboratory and stopped the machine. He slept on the table in his laboratory when he woke up he thought that what it was a dream or reality. Then he came to hall to meet his friends and tell his story. But nobody able to believe on this story they just looking at him in a strange way. Then he showed them the flowers which were given by weena but nobody was able to recognise them because these are flowers of future. After some days the writer again gone in the laboratory to meet The time traveller and that was it all true. The time traveller asked him to wait. He was going to the future again with a camera. The writer was waiting for long time but the time traveller was not returned.

In my opinion this book is very interesting that how the writer divide the world in two parts all this is work of his imagination. All people must have to read this book because it tell us the present truth that how the rich people exploit the poor people and in future these poor people converts in morlocks which has more power than eloi and eloi are afraid from them. But eloi has the all facilities they enjoy their life very much. The writer tell us by the story of time travelling and want to warn us. So everyone have to read this book and understand the feelings of poor people and should obey the nature law that all people are equal.