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H.G. Wells' classic novel "The Time Machine" depicts a distant future in which England's industrialized society has "evolved" into a world in which workers and consumers have become separate but still

By Ara C. Trembly | Updated on December 31, 2005

H.G. Wells’ classic novel “The Time Machine” depicts a distant future in which England’s industrialized society has “evolved” into a world in which workers and consumers have become separate but still co-dependent cultures, with the physically superior workers preying on the lazy, ineffectual consumers.

Wells’ dark vision shows us the peaceful Eloi (the consumers), a physically weak people who spend their days playing like children and their nights huddled and hidden in fear of the Morlocks (the workers), who actually provide the warmth and energy to the planet. The Morlocks live and work in the energy plants underground and can’t seem to tolerate the daylight. They have devolved into nocturnal cannibals, and among their favorite dishes is the helpless Eloi, who are eminently ripe for the picking.

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