Superiority Complex in Humans: War of the Worlds

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H. G. Wells, author of the science fiction novel The War of The Worlds, used irony and foreshadowing to portray the theme that humans have a superiority complex that makes them think they have control and that they are the superior race. H. G. Wells is often regarded as the father of modern science fiction.

Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, in the south of England on September 21, 1866. Wells was not born into a wealthy family. Sarah Wells was born on October 10, 1822. As a job Sarah Wells became a domestic servant. When Wells was a child he got hurt playing cricket this was a future altering injury because while he wasn’t able to do anything he started to read a lot which gave him the love for literature and writing. Joseph and Sarah Wells felt that the only thing their son was going to be was a clerk in a store. In 1874-1880 Wells got his childhood education at Thomas Morley’s Commercial Academy (Abrams 10+; “Wells, H. G.” 122).

When Wells went to college his tutor was Thomas Huxley, who taught him about Darwin’s Theory of evolution. During college Wells took two classes from Thomas Huxley and they were elementary biology and zoology. During Wells off time he drew sketches that were used for his diaries. Most of his sketches had to do with politics and his feelings on the matter. Wells explored the future of humanity through many novels. Wells felt that science and technology could solve the problems of the human race (Abrams 53+; “Wells, H. G.” 122).

Wells last school year at the Normal School of Science was 1886-1887. Wells failed an apprenticeship at drapers and chemists. Since he failed he began teaching at a preparatory school. At a period of time Wells was a member of the Fabian Society that was a socialist m...

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...e Martians was if you had no guns and you were not seen as a threat. The way that the warship killed the second Martian was that the ship exploded and fragments collided with the Martian.

Throughout the story, the Narrator was nice to everybody and tried to help people in need but then he changed by not being nice to the Curate. The Narrator said that the Curate was weak and that he wanted the Curate to stop eating all the food because there was not much left. When the Narrator and Curate had to hide in the scullery, they started to lose their minds because it was not safe to travel. They were low on food so they had to be smart on how much they ate.

Works Cited

Abrams, Dennis. H.G. Wells. New York: Infobase Learning, 2011.

“Wells, H.G.” Literary Lifelines. 1998. Print

Wells, H.G. The War of The Worlds. New York: Signet Classics, 2007. Print.

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