Hg Wells Foresee The Future
I strongly believe what Machiavelli once said, "Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results." H.G. Wells was a man who knew history would repeat itself, and therefore mixed it with creativity to create "The Star" in 1897. Although foreseeing events is not something literature does, science fiction has always found a way do so. In this short story, we can find basically three alleged predictions, which came true; but one that has yet not occurred. The predictions in the story that became real were: 1. Ice melting (Greenland, Poles, causing flooding), 2. Tidal waves in the Pacific, 3. Tropical oceans losing phosphorescence. Now I must use the word predictions loosely, because as I mentioned before, it is all about historical repetition. In the story Wells mentions floods caused by melting ice, Greenland thawing, and the Poles climate
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Wells is aware and alludes to this mentioning the Pacific tidal waves, he again makes use of recent events and converts them into a premonition. In 1896 Sanriku, Japan faced a devastating tsunami caused by an earthquake. This type of natural disaster was unprecedented, and news of it travelled quickly around the world. Sadly another devastating tsunami occurred in Tohoku, Japan in 2011. The earthquake that caused this tidal wave was so strong that it tilted the earth's axis. The last prediction fulfilled, and the one that affects us most is the loss of phosphorescence in the Tropics. In Puerto Rico we have two bioluminescent bays; still the most affected one is at La Parguera in Lajas. The loss of phosphorescence is due to light contamination, and the excess of maritime traffic causes other types of water
Wells is aware and alludes to this mentioning the Pacific tidal waves, he again makes use of recent events and converts them into a premonition. In 1896 Sanriku, Japan faced a devastating tsunami caused by an earthquake. This type of natural disaster was unprecedented, and news of it travelled quickly around the world. Sadly another devastating tsunami occurred in Tohoku, Japan in 2011. The earthquake that caused this tidal wave was so strong that it tilted the earth's axis. The last prediction fulfilled, and the one that affects us most is the loss of phosphorescence in the Tropics. In Puerto Rico we have two bioluminescent bays; still the most affected one is at La Parguera in Lajas. The loss of phosphorescence is due to light contamination, and the excess of maritime traffic causes other types of water