Book Review of "The Time Machine" by H.G.Wells

H. G. Wells' The Time Machine explores the darker side of mankind's future that has succumbed to an extremely darwinistic evolution. We become familiarized with the Time Traveler, the book's main character, by means of a fictitious author who also remains nameless throughout the text. The reader receives the story through second hand telling which, once one has gotten into the story, becomes the first hand thoughts and experiences of the Time Traveler. Although she adds little in the way of intellectual value to the story, Weena causes the reader to sympathize with the Eloi. …