Hg Wells Accomplishments

While disparity in social classes is a hot issue of debate and concern in modern times, back in 1900s Britain, it was another beast altogether. Not many knew this better than H. G. Wells, for although his future would spell fame and fortune with the pen, much of his early life was wasted away in the extreme poverty of the lower class. Indeed, from a young age Wells was forced into an environment of perpetuated gloom and despair, seemingly with no hope in sight. He almost lived his life underground, toiling to earn a nonexistent wage in a dead-end job which he hated. But despite these horrid odds, H. G. Wells' restless and intellectual spirit saw him through his bleak life in poverty to rise up and become one of the most prolific writers of

Published in 1895, it would bring him fame and success, but it would only be the beginning of the text-based onslaught Wells would wreak across the world. He would release best-seller after best-seller, writing almost 60 stories before he became 35 (McGhee). Indeed, the workaholic penned 100 books over his long life (Rollyson), and while many of his first books would star the absurdity and incongruity of science fiction, with hits such as The Invisible Man (1897) and The War of the Worlds (1898) (Rollyson), later in life he would take more of a focus on realistic fiction (“H. G. Wells”), as well as a good deal of propaganda and historical books. Wells would take interest in radical politics for a short period of time in his later years. Some of his books reflected his socialist leanings, particularly in some of his envisioned utopias . Wells kept writing through it all, even after achieving widespread acclaim, fame and fortune. Amy died in 1928 (Rollyson), and he would eventually follow her 18 years later. On August 13th, 1946, back in London where it all started, H. G. Wells passed away (McGhee). He was 80, and still writing his stories right until the very end

But H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine took the idea a few steps forward, putting a new spin on the message with the novel concept of time travel, which popularized the concept worldwide. The nameless Time Traveler, after miraculously discovering the methodology to moving through time, decides to preview the future to see what became of humanity as a whole. After going to the future, the Time Traveler discovers that the cruel class system wrought havoc upon humans. The growing disparity between the higher and lower class had changed their forms to exaggerated versions of their respective classes. H. G. Wells warns of the dangers of capitalists subjecting the lower class to a life of labor and poverty through his book The Time Machine, in which the nameless protagonist is both in awe and fear of the uncanniness of the Eloi and Morlock races in the year