Herbert George Wells The War Of The Worlds
Herbert George Wells’ The War of the Worlds (1898) novel is considered one of the best and most influential science-fiction books of the English history. It was written at the end of the nineteenth century where natural sciences were taking an important role in human minds. In this way, Wells took use of the developed science to overview a clear and harsh critic of the costumes of the late Victorian period and colonialism of British Empire. Throughout this essay, we will focus on the critic of colonialism in The War of the Worlds. Wells sharply express the attitude of British Empire over other nations in the novel.
At the end of the nineteenth century, many critics suggested the existence of another type of beings different from people in another …show more content…
The colonialism is basically recognized for the cruelty of the British invasions. This savagery practice was a real fact at the end of the nineteenth century. British Empire imposed all their characteristics (language, literature, educational system and other traditions) on its colonial subjects with the view to make England as powerful as possible. (Paul A. Cantor) In this way, many critics suggest The War of the Worlds is more a political manifesto than a science-fiction novel because of the ideals and assumptions of the story. Wells uses the science-fiction genre to criticise the practice of colonialism to exhibit the late-Victorian readers the actions British was taken. The British Empire dominions were seen as atrocities human actions so Wells exposes in the novel. It is not believed he exceeds the actions because the oppression of British Empire in colonialism was clear and harsh. They just thought of themselves and the possibility to become the most powerful nation in all times. It was required the domination of other colonies because they were incapable of self-government. Thus, native people needed to be ruled by an educated and self-sufficient Empire to become civilized. In this way, The War of the Worlds anticipated many atrocities of The First World War that started at the beginning of the following century. The war would burst against Germany and colonies suffered more oppression as a consequence of
At the end of the nineteenth century, many critics suggested the existence of another type of beings different from people in another …show more content…
The colonialism is basically recognized for the cruelty of the British invasions. This savagery practice was a real fact at the end of the nineteenth century. British Empire imposed all their characteristics (language, literature, educational system and other traditions) on its colonial subjects with the view to make England as powerful as possible. (Paul A. Cantor) In this way, many critics suggest The War of the Worlds is more a political manifesto than a science-fiction novel because of the ideals and assumptions of the story. Wells uses the science-fiction genre to criticise the practice of colonialism to exhibit the late-Victorian readers the actions British was taken. The British Empire dominions were seen as atrocities human actions so Wells exposes in the novel. It is not believed he exceeds the actions because the oppression of British Empire in colonialism was clear and harsh. They just thought of themselves and the possibility to become the most powerful nation in all times. It was required the domination of other colonies because they were incapable of self-government. Thus, native people needed to be ruled by an educated and self-sufficient Empire to become civilized. In this way, The War of the Worlds anticipated many atrocities of The First World War that started at the beginning of the following century. The war would burst against Germany and colonies suffered more oppression as a consequence of