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=** __THE TIME MACHINE__ **=
 * H.G. Wells **
 * By: Dane, James, Peter, and Cristian **


 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZTQspeoimo3DZmZ5YuEnD4aWsp5woTMesidibip_HimLPsRKstQLFBlhn-iIugDWpvWMgE2APS7lEyLl2LueGwokU6MYIZbSIIqc-nTAwnUgO7Hcxmvq_7A6kQ]] (google images) **


 * __The Time Machine__ is a science fiction novel written by H.G. Wells, and was published in 1895. It was later adapted into two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. **
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 * google images [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/tvoCPgxRefH25K0vg0iWY3rmf2HBpoAwTeCqsurBOMlzoiq5c82UWBRZ64_GLHodHg4T9xhedbY8jAl920EXdVnVlphhHm-Iy0CsE6x5vtlAk_geQnfq_HjUkQ]] Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, on September 21st, 1866. His parents were shopkeepers in Kent, England. His first novel, __The Time Machine__, was an instant success and Wells produced a series of science fiction novels which pioneered our ideas of the future. His later work focused on satire and social criticism. Wells laid out his socialist views of human history in his Outline of History. He died in 1946. **
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 * __Plot__ **


 * Many men gather together to listen to the Time Traveller's tales and adventures Of his time travelling. They learn of the amazing things he's seen, the places he's been to, the people he met, and the dangers he faced. **

=** __Short Summary__ **=


 * A group of men, including the narrator, is listening to the Time Traveller discuss his theory that time is the fourth dimension while sitting by the fireplace. The Time Traveller produces a miniature time machine and makes it disappear into thin air. The next week, the guests return, to find their host stumble in, looking disheveled and tired. They sit down after dinner, and the Time Traveller begins his story. **


 * THE MORLOCKS **
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=** __Genre__ **=


 * Books don't always have just one genre, and __The Time Machine__ is a perfect example of this. __The Time Machine__ can be classified as either Science fiction, Dystopian Literature, Tragedy, and an adventure novel. For example. It could be considered a tragedy because he could not save Weena. Also, He sees how the world ends, but he can't warn people because no one believes him. This book is also said to be adventurous because when he finds out his horrifying future, he bravely uses the rest of his life to save himself, and Weena. __The Time Machine__ could be labeled as Science Fiction because he used math to figure out time travel, then built his own time machine. And it's Fictional. Lastly it could also be Dystopian Literature because the island he landed on seemed like a beautiful place, but it ended up being a nightmare because of the Morlocks. **
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 * Weena [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/e6JW2wruEaQxI_DN1VPex3VPxVhoyP947MMtjV1DwU82orWu0bjDjal-Wh3e9W0KDoCdjSt0eVYgMgJTxO968cftW9NPqWcRToC3_IL-QgWgnFswA2OjkHVa-w]] (google images) **

=** __Theme__ **=


 * __Change__- In __The Time Machine__, change is the best way to measure time. Since there is so much time passing because of time travel, there is a lot of change. There is change of weather because in the future the sun was hotter. There was also change to different species of animals, and society. The only thing that does not seem to fluctuate is time itself. **
 * __Passivity__- Passivity in __The Time Machine__ includes people sitting in their chairs all day, to the world ceasing to spin. **
 * __Science__- You could say science is a great theme in this book because the whole book is scientific. It is about time travel so you need a lot of math and science to figure out how to do all that. Also, the protagonist of the story is a scientist. **
 * __Community__- Community is definitely not the first theme you would think of. The Time Traveler does not seem to have a community. He is constantly time traveling, and whether he is in the past or present he is misunderstood. The only time he starts to feel a little "at home" would be in the future because Weena contracts Eloi's feelings. **
 * The novel sends a warning message to the reader of an argument of selective breeding of humans. He also brings out mental pictures of science that affects change in social standings and social being. **
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 * __Quotes__ **


 * “Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.”-HG Wells, __The Time Machine__. Pg. 120--Current circumstances and problems are what push people to adapt and change to better thrive in their environment. **


 * “We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. Without them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence. ”-HG Wells, __The Time Machine__.--Without difficulty, we will never grow. When we encounter problems we strive to greater lengths to find a solution. **


 * “It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with its environment is a perfect mechanism. Only those animals partake of intelligence that have a huge variety of needs and dangers.”-HG Wells, __The Time Machine__.--The smarter we become, the more we need to change to survive in our environment. **


 * “And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers - shriveled now, and brown and flat and brittle - to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of men.”-HG Wells, __The Time Machine__. Pg. 147--That when even wonderful people die, they're still remembered. **
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** THE TIME TRAVELLER’s HOUSE ** ** (google images)  **


 * __Setting__ **


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 * There is no single setting in the __The Time Machine__. There are many temporary settings. The book starts in His house in Richmond in the 1900s in London. In this house they are only in the dining room, smoking room, and his laboratory. The setting that took place of most of the book is His house, but 802,701 years in the future. The last setting is over 30,000,000 years in the future at the coordinates of his house. The setting changes drastically. His once house in the outskirts of London is now a beachfront property. As time passes species change, and the world changes. **

** __Book trailer__ ** ** [] **

** __Audio Book (Chapter One)__ ** ** [] **

** __Movie Trailer (2002)__ ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90T7iLuzFgg

** __Blog Post__ ** ** [] ** ** __http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090921-hg-wells-hgwells.html__ **

** __Online News Article- National Geographic__ ** ** __http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090921-hg-wells-hgwells.html__ **

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 * __Connections__ **


 * Compared to the book the movie has a lot of similarities to the book. Compared to other books The Time Machine does a good interpretation of the different time zones the Time Traveller goes to. The author did a great job of describing the time-zones that the protagonist goes to. Compared to the movie the book has a lot of similarities and not much differences. The director, Simon Wells, does a great job of keeping to what the book says and not make any differences. Most directors tend to do that when making a movie for a book. They change it up and try to make it more interesting. Although there are some slight differences to the book and movie, they still kept to the narrative and made it an actual movie to a book. **


 * Similarities: **
 * -They are both narrated by a character in the story **
 * -The Time Traveller’s real name is never mentioned **
 * -Each Time Zone has its own relationship to a character in the book **


 * Differences: **
 * -In the book you don’t know the Time Travelers name, but in the movie his name is Dr. Alexander Hartegen **
 * -In the movie, Weena’s name is Mara **
 * -In the story, the Time Traveler travels to the end of time before returning to the Victorian Era, but in the movie he stays in the future **


 * __Lit Terms__ **


 * Motif- A recurring object in a work of literature. **
 * Alliteration- repetition at close intervals of initial consonant words **
 * Assonance- repetition at close intervals of vowel sounds **
 * Consonance- repetition at close intervals of final consonant sounds **
 * Cacophony- harsh, non-melodic, unpleasant sounding arrangement of words **
 * Euphony- pleasant, easy to articulate words **
 * Onomatopoeia- use of words which mimic their meaning in sound **


 * __Round Character and Flat character Analysis__ **


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 * A round Character is a character that shows multiple personalities in a literary work. The most recognized round character in __The Time Machine__ is Weena. The time traveller is very confused by Weena. He finds it quite challenging to figure out her gender. She was saved from drowning in a river by the time traver, then immediately becomes his friend. She acts like a pet or a child when she is near him. The time traveler does not understand her. **


 * A flat character is a character that only shows one personality trait in a literary work. The flat character in __The Time Machine__ is the Narrator. Although he is the narrator he is a big part of the book. His name is Mr. Hillyer and he is a dinner guest of the Time Traveller. His personality does not change during the course of the book. **


 * __Characters and Description__ [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/6SxxiMBao6Fc124EGoodstFmK5RMxBYWhsLw6BVE2CLxUmTj2cDgBbUiRBNj2Zx4lFS-Rlj-mJYNsv1qtBbd9t71bnXJjllYzn1yAyIs8EANoAaC6Il50ZnGXQ]] (google images) **
 * __The Time Traveler (TT)__ **
 * The Time Traveler is the protagonist of the story, and also narrates some of it. He is a smart man and enjoys science. He makes many theories about the future but admits that most of them will turn out to be wrong. **

__** Weena **__
 * [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/tqz2LckyqPsbB_5M5zB-FhF_UKTSm5POALYEMhZjXyZ3TbpGS8goM19jSY1DufKjA935s5Gd3GoWb7y55-rkKfI5bAB0swjDKJMeus9GVUjirWw0pFI70fEDPA]] (google images) **
 * The only member of the Time Travelers team who connected with him and have become friends. She brings forth all of the good and the bad parts of the future race. Weena follows around TT like a little puppy because TT saved her from drowning. **


 * [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/MRfGt3Nyi5FezZ6oRks7vnUauzlIc9MEhsg3yCXMgvLp4h8jCuhcNxEG-xJdF8qyrKam3J0K4IE_MuA14v98uVPldVxXR9YWksv2XPQ7hImOHk3rqoqS_D-bDw align="left"]] (google images) **


 * __The Morlocks__ **
 * The Morlocks are the antagonist and they are ape like Morlocks who are the more evolved members of the working class. The TT has theories that say that they have been pushed underground out of the way and now evolved into a distinct species apart from the ruling class. **

__** The Narrator **__
 * The Narrator is a fairly strange character, especially since he steps out of the story from chapter III to chapter XII. But he is the one member of the Time Traveler's dinner group who does not immediately discard the story of the future. **

__** The Dinner Guests **__
 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hstmyQFhreawN_YQC3YG-OLNhuinMfTy20k7N18Agy_59sEjrupyt48MJSunPfvmfirqP6zgZ7u1TqVtUrYnhCoh3W9o6HlozR75cBl3Y3P40sTuJFk5lnTbXA]] (google images) **
 * They all function as one character, but the Medicine man and the Psychologist stand out the most because of their knowledge of time travel. **


 * __CITATIONS__ **


 * "The Time Machine." SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013. **


 * "The Time Machine: SETTING / CHARACTER LIST / CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS by H. G. Wells." The Time Machine: SETTING / CHARACTER LIST / CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS by H. G. Wells. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Mar. 2013. **


 * "The Time Machine Themes." Shmoop. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2013. **


 * "The Time Machine Genre." Shmoop. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013. **


 * “The Time Machine.” Wikipedia. N. p., n. d. Mar. 2013 **


 * “The Time Machine Quotes.” Good Reads. N.p., n. d. Mar. 2013 **


 * “The Time Machine.” Biography. PEOPLE / BIOGRAPHY / H.G. WELLS/ N. p., n. d. Mar. 2013 **


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 * __Lovett, Richard A. H.G. Wells Predictions Ring True, 143 Years Later. 21 Sept. 2009. An online news article written about H.G. Wells' The Time Machine.__ **