The War Of The Worlds Imperialism Essay
In H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds contains imagery of imperialism, he portrays imperialism throughout the story by comparing Martians and the human's appearances, evolution, and Religion. The War of the Worlds can be interpreted in many ways and this is how I interpreted it. I believe the main concept is imperialism as the British were the most power countries at the time. They face a new enemy with the Martians come to earth trying to take over land for power. Throughout the story, there were three main topics that grabbed my attention. The first being evolved, the comparison between the Martians and the human's appearances, and Religion. I believe through these topics the author H.G. Wells expresses his feelings and thoughts about imperialism.
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The thought challenged was the thought of having a non human species overcome the british. They believed that if they were to ever be taken over it will be by some other county. The humans expected a higher and smarter race to come out of the spacecraft. The scene in H.G. Wells The War of The Worlds when the narrator describes the Martians as a big blob with brains. These descriptions clearly show the major differences between the appearances of a human and the Martians. Wells appendix document “Intelligence on Mars” relates to the scene The War of The Worlds by speaking upon evolution. The main point of both of these readings is that Martians and differently evolved than humans. The narrator describes the Martian as “A big grayish rounded bulk,the size perhaps, of a bear”(54). To a human, a “bear” is a wild animal that is very dangerous. I believe that the author made this comparison to state that the humans will fear the Martians as they would a bear. Wells state's “ creatures on Mars would be different from the creatures of earth in form and function, in structure and in habit, different beyond the most bizarre imaginings of nightmare”(215). The alien has a completely different appearance than a human so different they are said to be scary. The narrator describes his first experience seeing the Martian and he says “Those who have never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror
The thought challenged was the thought of having a non human species overcome the british. They believed that if they were to ever be taken over it will be by some other county. The humans expected a higher and smarter race to come out of the spacecraft. The scene in H.G. Wells The War of The Worlds when the narrator describes the Martians as a big blob with brains. These descriptions clearly show the major differences between the appearances of a human and the Martians. Wells appendix document “Intelligence on Mars” relates to the scene The War of The Worlds by speaking upon evolution. The main point of both of these readings is that Martians and differently evolved than humans. The narrator describes the Martian as “A big grayish rounded bulk,the size perhaps, of a bear”(54). To a human, a “bear” is a wild animal that is very dangerous. I believe that the author made this comparison to state that the humans will fear the Martians as they would a bear. Wells state's “ creatures on Mars would be different from the creatures of earth in form and function, in structure and in habit, different beyond the most bizarre imaginings of nightmare”(215). The alien has a completely different appearance than a human so different they are said to be scary. The narrator describes his first experience seeing the Martian and he says “Those who have never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror