War of the Worlds 

topic sentence in 01.06B Theme Topic

Sentence.

As the sun sets, the narrator returns to the pit, where a few
hundred people have gathered. A boy warns the narrator that the
end of the cylinder has unscrewed itself, and the narrator forces his
way to the front of the crowd to get a better view. Ogilvy warns the
people to stay away and reminds them of its unknown contents.
One man is pushed into the pit by the jostling of the crowd. The
end of the cylinder comes off and falls into the pit. The narrator
and the crowd are horrified by the grotesque octopus-like
appearance of an alien who slowly and painstakingly emerges from
the cylinder. The narrator and the crowd run away from the pit, but
many, including the narrator, stop to watch the aliens from the
nearby tree line. The sun sets, leaving enough light to just see the
silhouette of the shopkeeper as he tries and fails to get out of the
pit alive.