War Of The Worlds By Hg Wells Essay

H. G. Wells, the author of many famous novels such as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds, has clearly demonstrated his vast imagination and creative abilities. His words make the reader think and consider perspectives they normally never would have paid attention to. Once, Wells stated, “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” This quote proposes education being important when avoiding war. Although it is important to make intelligent decisions in a time of war, avoiding such bloodshed by only being educated is not fruitful because society’s reason in lost in a time of panic, our well thought-out ideas of attack may be useless, and war may very well be inevitable in our society. When confusion and fear are vastly spread out among an entire nation, the members of that society begin to lose their wits. When one is not able to clearly hold a grasp on the situation at hand, the way they handle it would be very different than how they would have reacted before so. Fear breeds one to make quick decisions that would help at that particular moment in time. In the novel War of the Worlds, we are introduced to a character who is referred to as the curate. Before the war that took place, it is assumed that he was

However, one must remember that the outcome won’t always be a lucky win. Our military would act much like the one in War of the Worlds - determined, perceptive, and cautious. At first, the plan was not to try to kill any of the Martian’s, but to protect them from human violence. However, things began to evolve much quicker than expected. As things escalated, more military assistance was brought in. Again, this did not persevere. “‘They wiped us out - simply wiped us out.’” (144), an artilleryman from the military had stated. Although it is necessary to go into this type of situation with a plan of action, it doesn’t mean the situation can’t quickly blow itself out of