Wednesday, May 29, 2019
How does H. G. Wells make the dystopia of the Time machine credible? :: English Literature
How does H. G. swell make the dystopia of the Time machine credible?THE TIME MACHINE================How does H. G. well make the dystopia of the Time machine credible?The future is a vast ignorance - so they say. simply is it really? In TheTime Machine Wells points egress that it is possible to travel through and through duration by bringing up the idea of the existence of the forth dimension,which according to Wells is time. Many of us regard the future as autopia - an ideal dream world. I for one imagined it as a utopia.Wells presents to us the clearer picture. Initially, it seems like autopia. But there is a note of pessimism to show how Wells imaginesthe future might be, therefore, presenting it as a dystopia to theaudience as well as the reader - a warning to all of us.Of course Wells doesnt keep it simple. He makes sure he captures thereaders attention by the way he uses his language. But is thisnecessary? Does Wells really have to do this? Firstly, if he doesntcapture the reader s attention then they wont be able to get themessage. He does this to sweeten the pill. To make it easier for us totake in otherwise it will be of no use. He makes it plausible by usingsensory detail. For example when the Time Traveller is time travellinghe describes it as a nightmare sensation of glistening, he goes furtherby saying that he felt a reticent confusedness which might have beenbecause things were happening too fast. Furthermore, he described itby saying that the twinkling succession of darkness and light wasexcessively abominable to the eye and also the fact that he felt faintand hazy. My arms ached, my back was cramped, and I was tremblingwith the prolonged terror of a fall. All this detailed emotivelanguage allows us to experience what the traveller does and so makesthe events more believable.By using particular similes, Wells tries to make the future familiar.Imagine if he hadnt used similes then we would not crawl in exactly whathe was talking about. Fo r example, night came like the turning out ofa lamp. You know when you turn out a lamp it happens so quickly so weas the reader or even the Time Travellers audience know exactly whathe is talking about when he describes it in such a way. It breaks downthe message into smaller pieces, therefore, making it easier tounderstand.As the Time Traveller travelled through time, day and night passed so
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