Essays
AP English: Major Works Data Sheet
Title: The Time Machine
Author: H.G. Wells
Date of Publication: 1895
Genre: Fiction, Scientific, Fantasy, Time Travel
Biographical information about the author:
Herbert George Wells was born in September 21, 1866 was an English writer for most of his life, making most stories that involved Scientific fiction such as The Time Machine, and the war of the worlds. He earned the name “The Father of Science fiction” due to how much he wrote about it. He died by unspecific cause on August 13th, 1946 at his home at 13 Hanover Terrace, Regent’s park, London.
Historical information about period of publication:
Five years before the 20th century, the book was published, which became a very famous and fascinating novel to many people due to the idea of a time machine going out. This made some scientist try to invent such a thing, but to no avail they failed to make that creation.
Characteristics of the genre
Scientific Fiction: If a character in a story uses math to prove that time travel could be possible, or a certain thing that the author wants to improve.
Dystopian: The Time Traveler travels to the future, and he finds a world that seems to be paradise, but it hides a dark secret..aka the Morlocks.
Plot summary
The Time Machine written by H.G Wells focuses on the scientific fiction and dystopian literature that takes place in the critical moments and quiet moments of the book. The Narrator, Mr Hillyer is a man with gullibility who wanted to witness the time traveler’s adventures. He goes to the Time traveler’s house for dinner to talk about what he was going to do. The time traveler steps into the time machine and travels into the future seeing the pattern of years going by, but finally stops in the year of 802,701. The time traveler meets a species called the Eloi, and witnesses the environment that he calls a “paradise”, he also witnesses the white sphinx that stood before him as he scouted out the new world
Title: The Time Machine
Author: H.G. Wells
Date of Publication: 1895
Genre: Fiction, Scientific, Fantasy, Time Travel
Biographical information about the author:
Herbert George Wells was born in September 21, 1866 was an English writer for most of his life, making most stories that involved Scientific fiction such as The Time Machine, and the war of the worlds. He earned the name “The Father of Science fiction” due to how much he wrote about it. He died by unspecific cause on August 13th, 1946 at his home at 13 Hanover Terrace, Regent’s park, London.
Historical information about period of publication:
Five years before the 20th century, the book was published, which became a very famous and fascinating novel to many people due to the idea of a time machine going out. This made some scientist try to invent such a thing, but to no avail they failed to make that creation.
Characteristics of the genre
Scientific Fiction: If a character in a story uses math to prove that time travel could be possible, or a certain thing that the author wants to improve.
Dystopian: The Time Traveler travels to the future, and he finds a world that seems to be paradise, but it hides a dark secret..aka the Morlocks.
Plot summary
The Time Machine written by H.G Wells focuses on the scientific fiction and dystopian literature that takes place in the critical moments and quiet moments of the book. The Narrator, Mr Hillyer is a man with gullibility who wanted to witness the time traveler’s adventures. He goes to the Time traveler’s house for dinner to talk about what he was going to do. The time traveler steps into the time machine and travels into the future seeing the pattern of years going by, but finally stops in the year of 802,701. The time traveler meets a species called the Eloi, and witnesses the environment that he calls a “paradise”, he also witnesses the white sphinx that stood before him as he scouted out the new world