The War Of The Worlds By Hg Wells Essay

H.G. Wells was a British author who is best known for writing “The War of the Worlds,” he wrote this novel from a scientific viewpoint using his vivid imagination. H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, England, on September 21, 1866. Wells was born into a poor family and was forced to quit school at a young age. However, being poor did not stop him from learning. He was taught to read when he was only five years old. Wells read the Bible growing up, but he did not follow the Bible. Wells attended school at Bromley Academy. He went there up until he turned fourteen. He had to leave school because his father’s business was failing. Wells had numerous jobs in his younger years. He was a draper’s apprentice, a chemist assistant, and a pupil-teacher.

The human race is being attacked by alien controlled robots. The robots are clearly more advanced than anything that humans have seen. The world is invaded before the airplane was invented, therefore the human race was at a significant disadvantage at a technological viewpoint. The Martian robots are fitted with a laser beam weapon. The human’s best weapon against the aliens is artillery cannons. Victory and Defeat is another theme in the novel. The humans are almost certain they cannot beat the aliens, but they do manage to destroy one with artillery. Destroying the machine gives the people hope of victory. However, the human race is at a huge disadvantage, and is almost certain they will lose the war. The novel ends with the aliens dying from the bacteria that is on earth, because their bodies are not strong enough to withstand it.
On October 30, 1938 a radio broadcaster used H.G. Wells’ novel in a broadcast. He acted like he was a news reporter telling the world of an alien invasion. People believed that the invasion was really happening and began to freak out. This is probably one of the best pranks ever pulled. The radio was the main source of news, so people had no way of knowing the actual