Novel Analysis by Group 1

The Time Machine-H.G. Wells

 Presented By

Helin
M. Shon Andina Alfin Nur Nandita
Kusuma Rahmawati
Haji Putri .M. Muslimah Tansatrisna
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Short Information about this novel

This novel was create on 1895.

This novel has been adapted on 3
films having the same name, 2 TV
versions, and many versions on
comic.
This novel was a criticism about the
condition in England on that age.
There are two kind of term
inhabitant, noble (Eloi) and
commoners (Morlock).
This novel become the first novel
having science fiction genre.
Theme

▪ Time
▪ Science
▪ Society and class
▪ Change
▪ Technology and Modernization
▪ Fear
▪ Community
▪ The natural World
Setting
In general
The book begins in late 19 th
century London, specifically, in
the Time Traveller’s home in
Richmond, a borough on the
Thames River, on the outskirts of
London. The dining room,
smoking room, and laboratory
are the only rooms seen and are
not fully described, as they are
only the setting for the narrative
frame which surrounds the real
story, told by the Time Traveller
himself.
But the setting is still the site of the
Time Traveller’s house and the area
surrounding it, but hundreds of
thousands of years into the future.
The third temporal setting is even
farther into the distant future, thirty
million years hence, and the
landscape is even more dramatically
different. Now the Thames Valley is
a desolate beach, facing an aging
ocean with no waves, only an
occasional swell.
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In the smoking room

“He took one of the small octagonal tables that were scattered about the
room, and set it in front of the fire…”
In the laboratory
“…taking the lamp in his hand, he led the way down the long, draughty
corridor to his laboratory.”
In the dinner room
“the Editor turned to his knife and fork with a grunt, and the Silent Man
followed suit. The dinner was resumed.”
in the time machine
“…and sat myself in the saddle.”
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Around the Thames Valley

At night and in the morning sometimes.
“The next night the time traveler did not sleep well. Probably his health
was a little disordered.” etc,.
In the morning near the well
“I would make the descent without further waste of time, and started
out in the early morning towards a well near the ruins of granite and
aluminium.”
a strange place under the ground :
“I do not know how long I lay. I was roused by a soft hand touching my
face. Starting up with the darkness.”
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in the Palace :
“We emerged from the palace while the sun was still in part above the
horizon.”
Around woods :
Weena was tired. And I began to suffer from sleepiness too; so that it
was full night before we reached the wood.
 Characters
Major Characters

▪ The Time Traveller

A well-read and intelligent man of science. He is versed in the theories of his day, and very clearly a Darwinist, like Wells
himself, and his thoughts echo much of Wells’s own theories about the Britain of his time. He is a man of observation,
and muses quite a bit about his surroundings, in an attempt to use logical thinking to draw conclusions about the future
and its inhabitants. The Time Traveller has a sense of humor about almost everything he encounters, and accepts his
friends’ skepticism. Witty and somewhat of a joker, this aspect of his personality is part of the reason his friends so
quickly dismiss his story and demonstration as a joke.

▪ The Narrator, Hillyer

One of the three men present at both dinners. The narrator is the only character who gives any credence to the Time
Traveller’s claims; he seriously considers the possibility of time travel.

▪ Eloi
A peaceful but weak and lethargic people who populate the surface of the earth in the year 802701. Small in stature, and
delicate featured, the Eloi play all day, feast on fruit in great halls, and sleep in a large communal chambers in order to
protect themselves from the dark and the possibility of Morlock attack. Easily tired and childlike, they are not interested
intellectual pursuits, or in the Time Traveller beyond his function as a diversion.
 Character
▪ Morlocks
An aggressive, predatory, ape-like “people” who live beneath the earth’s surface in the year 802701. The
Morlocks are the descendants of the working class of the late 19 th century, and continue to labor,
maintaining and running huge machines deep in the earth. The have adapted physically to life beneath the
surface, with large, eyes very sensitive to light, and light, unpigmented skin and fur. Carnivores, they feast
on the Eloi, who they maintain as a source of meat.

▪ Weena
An Eloi who the Time Traveller saves from drowning. . She is very kind to the time traveler after he saved
herShe becomes a special friend of the Time Traveller, following him around and occasionally serves as a
source of information.She eventually is attacked by the Morlocks and dies in the forest fire.
 Minor Characters
▪ The Medical Man
One of the three men present at both dinners. He considers the Time Traveller’s theories and stories, treats the subject
seriously at first, but challenges him and remains extremely skeptical. At the demonstration, he maintains that the
Time Traveller played a trick on them all.

▪ The Psychologist
One of the three men present at both gatherings, who thinks time traveling would be useful, especially for historians,
but does not believe in the possibility of it. After the second meeting and hearing the Time Traveller’s story, he seems
unaffected by it, and does not offer an opinion of it.

▪ The Editor
He is present at the second meeting only. He is the editor of a well-known (but unnamed) daily paper. Outspoken, he
remains skeptical of the Time Traveller’s story, making jokes about the Time Traveller’s appearance at dinner, as well as
after he tells his story.

▪ The Journalist
He is present at the second dinner only. He unsuccessfully tries to amuse the dinner party with anecdotes, and after
the Time Traveller’s story, seems uninterested in whether the story is true or not.
 Minor Character

▪ Provincial Mayor
He is present at the first meeting only. He is not very intelligent, nor a man of science.
▪ Filby
He is present at the first meeting only. He is described as “an argumentative person with red
hair,” and believes Time Traveller’s theories go against reason.
▪ A very young man
He is present at the first meeting only. He participates in the discussion about time traveling
and the fourth dimension.
▪ Man with a beard
He is present at the second meeting only. He is quiet and shy, and unknown to the narrator.
Plot
Introduction

A couple of guys sit around while one of them tells a story. This is a
classic opening. (If you've read Joseph Conrad's heart of darknes or
Henry James's turn nof the sew you'll recognize this kind of opening.) If
someone has a story to tell, we listen. If he claims to have visited the
future, we probably listen a little more closely.
Raising

This has happened to all of us at one point or another, right? The Time
Traveller thought he would understand the future if only he understood
the Eloi. But suddenly he learns there's a whole other world
underground. Not only that, the Morlocks stole his Time Machine, so
he's stuck here unless he deals with them. What was a vacation with the
Eloi becomes a prison with the Morlocks. As far as complications go,
this one is quite a doozy.
Conflict

The Time Traveller tries to understand the Eloi, who are beautiful but
frail. He also tries to understand the future world, which looks like a
paradise but doesn't quite make sense
Falling

Going 30 million years into the future, the Time Traveller sees a
desolate beach .Returning to his time, he finds that people aren't really
interested in the long view
Conclusion

Wells showcases a different perspective to present the negative

consequences of capitalism on humanity as he travels to the future to
find a gap between the two social classes that has created different
species
Resolution

The time traveller succesfully escaped from the Morlocks, but

this visison of the end of the world still bring different perspective. In
the suspense, we ask is there any way to avoid eloi-morlock in the
future. After the time traveller dissapears, the narator considers the
possible meaning of the time traveller story. He gives us two possible
position : The psimistic view of the time traveller or the optimistic view
of the time traveller.
Conflict

▪ External Conflict
-Character vs. character
The theory from Time Traveler get rejection from other people.

-Character vs. society

Time Traveler tries to understand the Eloi and Morlock.

-Character vs. nature

Time Traveler tries to understand the future world that is totally different.
Conflict

▪ Internal Conflict
- Character vs. self
Time Traveler confused about what he’ll finding in the future
Figurative Language

Personification
“…, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.”
“There was a breath of a wind and the flame lamp jump,…”
Point Of View

▪ The First People

In the third chapter, it is Filby.
After that begin to the Time Traveler.
▪ The Third people