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.

While being a chemist’s assistant at Midhurst he received a scholarship to attend the Normal School of Science in South Kensington. It was at this school that Wells acquired an interest in evolution. Wells finished his schooling in 1890. He received a Bachelor of Science degree.
Wells started his career as a writer with essays on science for “The Fortnightly Review.”
Wells married his cousin Isabel. While in London Wells taught at a college. Wells was not a godly man and had numerous affairs with other women. He ended up divorcing his wife and marrying Amy Catherine Robbins. Amy was one of his former college students. He had two sons with her. While being married he had affairs, which led to him having children with other women other than his wife.
Wells published “The Time Machine” when he was only twenty-nine years old. The book became a success, and Wells went on to write more science-fiction novels. Wells became concerned with the fate of the world, because technology and science were progressing quickly. He wrote “The War of the Worlds” in 1898. This novel was about extra-terrestrial life coming to earth and taking over. Wells was a member of The Fabian Society. The society was a group of socialist philosophers. Wells soon stopped writing science-fiction novels. He started to write satire and social novels in his later years. Wells wrote eighty works of literature. With age he became very negative and lost faith in the world. Wells died on August 13, 1946 in London, England.
Throughout his life, H.G. Wells had numerous different occupations. He is most widely known as an author, but he was also a teacher at one time. Wells wrote many novels, some of his more popular ones are “The Time Machine” and “The War of the Worlds.” Wells wrote several science-fiction novels in his earlier years. His science-fiction novels are his most popular. With age he became more negative and wrote very pessimistic novels.
Perhaps H.G. Wells’ most famous novel, “The War of the Worlds” was revolutionary in its time. He wrote about aliens coming from Mars and invading earth. In the novel the Martians come to earth in robots. The Martians come down to earth in meteors and start destroying England with their high-tech robots.
Wells had the invasion take place in the area that he lived. The main character in the novel has similarities to Wells. Wells leaves the characters in the novel nameless. The story is told from a first-person point of view. The narrator goes through different parts of England scavenging for things so he can survive. The novel ends with the narrator finding out that the aliens died from the bacteria on earth.
There are many themes throughout the novel, “The War of the Worlds.” The most obvious theme in the book is Man versus Machine.

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

truth.
Since Wells was not a Christian he wrote from a scientific viewpoint. In researching his works I can tell that he was indeed an evolutionist. Wells was also a socialist and was a part of a socialist group. He was a not a very good man. He had countless affairs and did not think that they were wrong. Wells was a very negative person towards the end of his life. He basically lost faith in society, probably due to the invention of nuclear weapons. Although Wells may not have been a very good person, his novels are still popular. Some of his novels have been made into movies and comics. Without Wells creative imagination about the future, the realm of science-fiction would not be the same as it is today. He opened up a whole new gateway of thinking regarding the future and technology.