Cognition of Conflagration in H.

G Wells’ The War of the Worlds, The

Time Machine and Herman Melville’s Moby Dick

INTRODUCTION

This work is designed to analyze and determine many of the ideologies

came insight whether Humans would ever be similar to The Martians.
Broadly Wells is conceptualizing the ideology of fate, free will and
imperialism. This is a first person narrative where British imperialism and
generally a Victorian superstitions that made the Martians invasion as
fictional and a scientific romance. On the other side, Melville caught
within the conflicting loyalties in a way of being civilized who owes
fidelity to propriety and priority. There is a sense of annihilation of
esoteric spirit quelled evil with involuntarily actions.

The aim of this paper is to elucidate an affordable opportunity based on

many critical interpretations which is progressive and consecutive. The
basic intent of this novella is a way to expressionism towards the
ideology of homosexuality and the thematic concern of psychosis and
conflicts. This interpretation inquires Melville’s as well as Wells’
agitation is with the philosophy of despair and war. Basically, this work
also examines the concern of the narrator and the proximity of idle way
of madness simultaneously the homoerotic and as the critique of
repression in this composition.

This paper will make use of several theories like Expressionism,

Colonialism, Reconciliation, destruction, Imperialism, Industrialization
Biblical Allusions to study expressionism towards the ideology of
homosexuality annd thematic concern of psychosis and conflicts.
The idea of conflagration and despair in relation to H.G. Wells’ The War
of the Worlds and Melville’s Moby Dick points out the abhorrence of war
and war machines where the execution of a sailor during the wartime can
be seen as an argument against the British colonialism where H.G. Wells
wanted to demonstrate the evilness of colonialism. The British had been
an imperialistic atmosphere of misunderstanding and scientific
speculation by the end of 19th century.

Moreover Wells’ idea of using frame narrative in his science fiction

novella The Time Machine generally credited with the popularization of
the concept of time travel with the help of quantum physics. Basically
this story reflects Wells' own socialist political views, his view on life and
abundance, and the contemporary angst about industrial relations. Also
the theories about the social degeneration with reference to a part of sub-
genre Dying Earth in relate to apocalyptic and post- apocalyptic fiction.
Its subgenre is a part of science fiction or science fantasy or science
horror in which Earth’s technological civilization is collapsing or has
collapsed. This apocalyptic event depicts through the runaway climatic
change, natural impact, nuclear holocaust and resource depletion which is
imaginative to man made approach.

However a theology which talks about the death as a judgment is

eschatological that shows an imaginative approach with reference to
zombie apocalypse and Alien invasion.
THEMES
Cybernetic revolt (Artificial intelligence)
Divine judgment (Ultimate destiny of humanity)
Technological singularity (Hypothesis on the invention of artificial super
intelligence trigger the technological growth )

Primary texts

Melville, Herman. Billy Budd, Print, (1924)

Melville, Herman, Billy Budd. Sparkpub, (2002)

Wells , H.G The War of the Worlds, Print (1897)

Wells, H.G, The Time Machine, Print (1895)

Secondary texts

J. Anderson, Kevin. The Martian war, Print (2006)

Shakespeare, William. The Tempest, Print (1610)

F. Hamilton, Peter. Pandora’s Star, Print (2004)

K. Le Guin, Ursula. The word for world is forest, Print (1976)

Wells, H.G. The Chronic Argonauts, Print (1888)

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, Print (1818)

Shelley, Mary. The Last Man, Print (1826)