The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It first appeared in book form in 1897.The War of the Worlds is the first person narrative of the survival of a protagonist in London as the planet Earth is invaded by extraterrestrial beings. War of the Worlds was written in 1897, it was the first ever story detailing a conflict between Aliens and Humans. About 108 years after the novel was released Steven Spielberg, Josh Friedman and David Koepp, decided to make a film portraying the novel. War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction movie, which also depicts a loose adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, Tom Cruise is the Protagonist and he is trying to protect his children from the alien invasion, he then flea’s to the city of Boston to rejoin his ex-wife. …show more content…
3). The films other significant difference, is that the protagonist changes from a happily married man without children, to a divorced working class father of two. Also the aliens are drastically different in design, including more human like mouths, where Wells Martians have lipless v-shaped mouths, and disk like eyes with tentacles everywhere. “Greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminous disks-like eyes, then something resembling a little grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick.” (pg.