Book Report on "The Time Machine"

In this book report I will discuss the novel "The Time Machine" written by H.G. Wells. The first aspect of this book that I will discuss is its theme. A prevalent theme in this story is the way mankind uses and depends on technology to make life better for us, but in fact we might end up getting the opposite effect. When the time traveler reaches the world of 802,701, he encounters the small, childlike creatures called Eloi. The time traveler is disappointed since these beings of the future are actually unintelligent, weak and lazy. Wells believes that the people of earth are headed for a similar fate as the Eloi since we are dependent on technology to do our work for us and are becoming weak, lazy and unintelligent. We don't need to put our minds or bodies to work - we have machines and technology to do it for us. …