Hg Wells Accomplishments

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H.G Wells once said; “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe”. Wells was named “The man who invented tomorrow” for he was an influential scientific member of society throughout his life and still today. Wells was intrigued by the evolution of the world and how he could perfect its flaws. This led to the contribution of his science fiction works. All of Wells works were written due to his dedication and interests in science, politics, and loss of faith and religion throughout his life.
Science became a huge part of Wells life from an early age. Wells grew up with his parents in Bromley, England however he was never influenced by them. The only thing Wells parents did for him was make him see that he did …show more content…

As wells grew older he did not have a reason to believe in this so called “faith” because he always saw the cruel around him. While Wells was passing through life in a poor family “His attitude about society grew increasingly pessimistic” (Loveday, Veronica). Wells lost his faith and grew pessimistic from the constant worry about the others around him. This worry was not sincere, it was a concern that the people around him were going to ruin the world he lived in. Wells was viewed as a man with loss of faith but, “Instead we should note that he was a believer in a possible world, one in which this species could live up to its potential” (David. C. Smith). This little faith in society is what kept his writings interesting, for example The War of the Worlds (1898) and The Time Machine (1895) were inspired by Wells views on how society was failing. Wells religious loss was however formed by another sense, “One important reason the devout believer became an atheist was that he had a difficult time accepting both theism and Christianity because, as he stated, when he believed in evolution, he could no longer accept Genesis” (Dr. Jerry Bergman). This belief in christianity would have influenced Wells writing for the wrong reasons and put a bias on his …show more content…

Wells always sought for political harmony and for society to become the perfect utopia he always strived for. It was always known that “Politically, Wells supported socialist ideals. For a time, he was a member of the Fabian Society, a group that sought social reform and economic disparity in a number of his works.” (H.G Wells Biography). This society gave wells the inspiration needed for writing many of his award winning stories. For example Wells novel “A Modern Utopia expressed a desire for a society that was run and organised by humanistic and well-educated people”(john Simkin). This book showed how The Fabian Society had an impact on Wells writings and influenced him to talk about politics outside of a societal setting. Another political writing of Wells is The Time Machine. This book had a lot of hidden politics embedded throughout and “Wells' made social commentaries on what he viewed to be society's ills throughout the novel” (Loveday, Veronica). Throughout The Time Machine readers got a sense of science fiction writing when really Wells was trying to give his political views in a story made for entertainment. The ideas of Wells came not from education but, from what he believed needed to be done for a perfect politically correct society.
The well educated, politically, scientifically correct man we know today as H.G Wells has made a major impact on society through his many works of literature.

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