Because evolution had a very broad meaning throughout Wells’ time, the public was unaware of what a misunderstanding of the concept meant. As a result, everyone was indifferent, arrogant, and assumed that humanity would experience constant progress as time elapsed. As a matter of fact, the narrator in War of the Worlds explicitly declared the mistake that humanity was making when everyone was focused on the interesting anatomy of the aliens instead of a potential repeat of the tragedy they all experienced. He knew, “a question of graver and universal interest is the possibility of another attack by the Martians” and he, “…did not think enough attention is being given to this aspect of the matter” (War of the Worlds 204). After the Martians had been …show more content…
The main character’s judgment reflected what the public thought would occur in the future; everyone concluded that the futuristic society would be advanced beyond what one could comprehend. However, after his arrival, he realized that not only was humanity replaced by the Eloi and Morlocks, all traces of life had disappeared when he went one-million years into the future. Whereas, in The Island of Doctor Moreau, Doctor Moreau had performed many cruel experiments on the animals of the remote island he resided in, turning these animals into the Beast Folk. The doctor was attempting to turn these animals into humans by vivisection, and each time he, “…dip a living creature into the bath of burning pain, I say: I will burn out the animal, this time I will make a rational creature of my own” (The Island of Doctor Moreau 76). Doctor Moreau assumed that the results of his experimentation would provide him with a favorable outcome, his pride in his works made him blind to what would soon