Time Traveler Questions
Discussion Questions
Chapter 1
1. Why would the men not believe the time traveler even though he has shown them the machine and demonstrated that it can travel through time?
2. What might be the time traveler’s motives for traveling in time?
3. Do you believe that the time traveler’s simple machine is capable of traveling through time?
4. Why would the time traveler want to show the men his time machine instead of keeping it secret?
Chapter 2
1. Why do you think the Time Traveler is so happy to eat meat?
2. If the Time Traveler has a time machine, why is it that he was late to dinner? ( Shouldn’t he be able to arrive on time?)
3. Why would the men still not believe that the Time Traveler has traveled through time?
4. Do you think that the men will believe the Time Traveler after he tell his story?
Chapter 3
1. Do you think that the Time Traveler has adequately prepared himself for his travels?
2. Why do you think the Time Traveler would travel far into the uncertain future instead of going into the past ( Which would be safer)?
3. Do you think that the Time Traveler should interact with the people of the future, what might the consequences be?
4. What might the frail people of the future think of the Time Traveler coming out of nowhere?
Chapter 4
1. Why do you think the people of the future are fools?
2. The time traveler is in the year 802,701, were his expectations of an elaborate advanced society understandable?
3. How do you think the people of the future reproduce if there is no distinction between the sexes?
4. The time traveler says that his theory of a communist society is very wrong, what might be another theory regarding the people of the future?
Chapter 5
1. Why don’t the Morlocks come out during the day?
2. Do these people of the future know how to swim?
3. Why does Weena cry when the Time Traveler asks about the Morlocks?
4. Why are
Chapter 1
1. Why would the men not believe the time traveler even though he has shown them the machine and demonstrated that it can travel through time?
2. What might be the time traveler’s motives for traveling in time?
3. Do you believe that the time traveler’s simple machine is capable of traveling through time?
4. Why would the time traveler want to show the men his time machine instead of keeping it secret?
Chapter 2
1. Why do you think the Time Traveler is so happy to eat meat?
2. If the Time Traveler has a time machine, why is it that he was late to dinner? ( Shouldn’t he be able to arrive on time?)
3. Why would the men still not believe that the Time Traveler has traveled through time?
4. Do you think that the men will believe the Time Traveler after he tell his story?
Chapter 3
1. Do you think that the Time Traveler has adequately prepared himself for his travels?
2. Why do you think the Time Traveler would travel far into the uncertain future instead of going into the past ( Which would be safer)?
3. Do you think that the Time Traveler should interact with the people of the future, what might the consequences be?
4. What might the frail people of the future think of the Time Traveler coming out of nowhere?
Chapter 4
1. Why do you think the people of the future are fools?
2. The time traveler is in the year 802,701, were his expectations of an elaborate advanced society understandable?
3. How do you think the people of the future reproduce if there is no distinction between the sexes?
4. The time traveler says that his theory of a communist society is very wrong, what might be another theory regarding the people of the future?
Chapter 5
1. Why don’t the Morlocks come out during the day?
2. Do these people of the future know how to swim?
3. Why does Weena cry when the Time Traveler asks about the Morlocks?
4. Why are