Analysis of the Time Traveler The claims given illustrate the difference in opinions of H.G. Wells and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). Wells’ claim basically says that one must think of all the repercussions of their actions, before one acts. Conversely, FDR claims that it doesn’t matter what one considers; the action will be the best decision one could have made in that moment. Considering the claims as they apply to The Time Machine (TTM), by H.G. Wells, Wells is right, because the Time Traveler could have avoided many hardships if he had considered all his options, and Roosevelt is wrong, because the Time Traveler got himself almost killed by making rash decisions like the claim would suggest. In the novel, the Time Traveler puts himself