Illustration

This is the part where Time Traveller is trapped under the dark hole with the Morlocks.

Illustration

This is the part where Time Traveller (the middle person) is telling his visitors about his travel to the future. But no one is believing what he's saying. All of them are thinking of other things.

Illustrations for Bonus Points

This is the illustration for Chapter 11, where Time Traveller sees all the gigantic creatures and the dead sun.

My Book Review- The Time Machine

I have read the book ‘The Time Machine’ written by H. G. Wells. This book is about a man named ‘Time Traveller’ inventing a time machine and traveling into the future. He lost his time machine and he tries to find it so that he could go back to the year where he lived. He meets a creature named Weena, and she helps him get through the troubles and leads him to where his time machine is. Time Traveller and Weena get attacked by some carnivorous creatures and Weena disappears. Finally, he finds his time machine, and he travels to another year. Even though he goes back to where he was, he packs all the researches and his camera, and he leaves for another journey to the future.

I really liked and enjoyed reading this book because H. G. Wells was such a wonderful descriptor. He was able to describe really well about the strange creatures that lived in the future time and food they ate like the fruits. I also liked the part where Time Traveller is attacked by the carnivorous monsters because I could imagine him fighting and suffering in the darkness with the monsters seizing his neck and legs. I strongly recommend this book to all scientific fiction lovers and those who love to read novels.

There was a sub-plot in the story which was becoming friends with Weena. After losing his time machine, Time Traveller was left alone with some strange creatures that spoke languages that he did not understand. He becomes more and more tired and feels lonely everyday. Then, when Weena was with him, he felt more secured and he had someone to talk with everyday. Weena also lead him to the truths behind all the secrets in that simple yet complex society. When she mysteriously disappears after they get attacked by the carnivorous creatures, Time Traveller again starts to feel empty and alone in the strange world.

When I read other people’s spiritual dimension essay, most of them said that H. G. Wells is not a religious person because he believes in some certain things that the religious people do not believe in. In the book of ‘The Time Machine’, H. G. Wells presented theories about traveling through the time dimension, and he reveals his thoughts about the ‘evolutionary theory’ through the creatures that lived in the future- the Elois and the Morlocks. So I believe and agree to the ideas that H. G. Wells is not a religious person.

More Links about H.G. Wells...

Here are some links about H.G. Wells:

This link contains H. G. Wells' Biography:
http://www.online-literature.com/wellshg/

This link talks about a lot of different things about the novel, 'The Time Machine'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine

This link talks about the life of H. G. Wells and some of his famous novels:
http://www.online-literature.com/wellshg/

Imaginary Interview- Mr. Time Traveller

Good evening everyone and welcome to the 'Bookworms' Show'! My name is Judy, and I am your host for today. Today we invite the genius character of the book, 'The Time Machine'. This man invented the first time machine in the whole world. Surprisingly, there are rumors saying that this man has travelled through time for three years although noone really believes them. So we will find the behind-story for all the rumors and just before we do that, let's invite our guest for today, Mr. Time Traveller!

Mr. Time Traveller: Hello! Good evening to everyone!

Judy: Hi, there! I have some questions to ask of you tonight. My first question is how did you feel when you saw the Elois for the first time?

Mr. Time Traveller: Well, the first thing that just popped out on my mind was that I thought they were beautiful. They all had fair complexions and deep dark eyes that just captured my attention. It's a weird thing that I did not fall in love with one of them. (laugh) And they gave me a bunch of flowers, when it was our first time seeing each other. I thought they were very kind creatures not until they left me. I guess they got bored being with me.

Judy: What about Weena? Did you like her?

Mr. Time Traveller: Yes, of course! She was the most adorable creature I have ever met. I felt like she was my daughter or something. (smiling)

Judy: Let's go to the next question. When you saw the Elois letting Weena get drowned, how did you feel about the Elois?

Mr. Time Traveller: Oh, yeah, I thought that was terrible! I hated those Elois that time. How could they ignore a child drown like that? Honestly, I thought they were very dumb and ignorant. If I didn't help Weena, she really could have drowned and died. And she could have been eaten by the Morlocks.

Judy: How did you feel when you realized that you lost your time machine?

Mr. Time Traveller: I was so scared that I might not be able to go back to where I was. I was afraid that I will live in this place until I die. And you see, I'm a forty-five year old man. I'm old like a grandfather now. I will die after few years, and I absolutely didn't want to spend the last years of my life in that dumb, empty place with those childish creatures! (shouting) Oops, forgive me if I scared you.

Judy: (startled) Okay, then let's go to the next question. How did you feel when you first met the Morlocks?

Mr. Time Traveller: Well, when I met the Morlocks for the first time, I thought they were cute little white creatures who were just scared of some lights. I also thought they were just shy because they kept hiding behind objects. But I came to hate them from the day I realized that they were carnivorous and ate the Elois. I was such a fool.

Judy: When you were trapped inside the iron door with your time machine, you thought that you could chase the Morlocks away because you had your matches. How did you feel when you just realized that matches don't work without match box?

Mr. Time Traveller: (laughing) I thought that was the most stupid thing I ever did! How could I not thought of that before I went in the iron door? I was quite scared because I could feel the Morlocks touching my neck and lurking around me. But I knew that I will be safe because my time machine was with me. I could just fix the lever and I could just disappear through the time.

Judy: When you were gone to the future for three years, what did you do in there?

Mr. Time Traveller: I went back to where Weena and I used to walk around, and I took some pictures of the beautiful scenery. I also took notes and pictures about the Elois. I also managed to take some pictures of the Morlocks because I brought a big lamp with me. So basically, for three years I took notes and pictures of the future creatures. And I didn't have the time and stamina to go back to the year where there was no sun, and to be honest, I hated that place.

Judy: Have you ever regret yourself for making the time machine?

Mr. Time Traveller: Yes, I did when I almost died be the Morlocks in the darkness. But right now, I'd say 'no'. I learned a lot of things when I travelled to the future. I got to see things that others can't.

Judy: Do you think you can sell the time machines to other people?

Mr. Time Traveller: Absolutely not! Well, I always thought of selling the time machine to my friends, but this can be very dangerous. Some of them might transfer incurable diseases from the future. Some people might die by the Morlock, too. There might be some people who will get lost or lose their time machine. You see, this can cause a lot of troubles. I don't want to get in trouble!

Judy: Okay, well, that's scary. Anyway this is your last question: do you have anything to say to those who don't believe that you travelled through time?

Time Traveller: If anyone of you is believing what I'm saying, then I just have to make sure that you don't steal my time machine. For those people who don't believe me, that's too bad. You don't get to see all the pictures I took when I was in the future.

Judy: Okay, Mr. Time Traveller, I thank you so much for coming to our show and answer all my questions. I hope to see you again. Bye!

Mr. Time Traveller: I hope to see you, too. Bye! (suddenly vanishes)

The Time Machine- Chapter 12

Time Traveller comes back to his normal life and finishes the story he was telling but no one really believed him. The narrator visits Time Traveller's house again to ask him if his story of time travelling was true. Time Traveller tells the narrator that he has something to do before he talks with him and goes back to his laboratory. When the narrator goes to the lab to tell that he has to go for a meeting, he finds that Time Traveller disappeared with the notebooks and camera. In the end the narrator tells that the Time Traveller has never returned for three years.

The Time Machine- Chapter 11

In this chapter, Time Traveller travels a million years later. He gets shocked by the surroundings. There were unusually gigantic butterflies and crabs. The sun and the moon was dead. The air was painful to breathe in and the sky was exceedingly dark. The sea seemed red and salty. This became worst as he travels further. Almost all the livings were extinct. Then eclipse happens and Time Travller feels dizzy all of a sudden. He sees a black creature crawling from the sea as his grabbed his time machine.

The Time Machine- Chapter 10

In this chapter, Time Traveller thinks of the world of the Elois and the Morlocks. He thinks that the Elois always lived a peaceful life and had no worries in their lives. He finds that the Morlocks only ate the Elois when they were running out of food supplies. Then he sleeps on the hill and wakes up before the sky grew darker.

He goes back to the White Sphinx building and find that the iron door was open. He saw his time machine clean and polished. When he entered, the door suddenly closed and he was locked in that dark room. There were some Morlocks ready to attack him. At first he was confident that he will not get killed because he had his matches with him- but without the match box! He becomes terrified again and starts fixing his time machine in the dark, still struggling with the Morlocks. He finally fixes and pulls the lever and there he was- the fourth dimension.

The Time Machine- Chapter 9

In this chapter, Time Traveller and Weena gets attacked by the Morlocks in the forest and Weena disappears with some of his matches and match box. Time Traveller almost died by the attacks of the Morlocks, but because the forest burned, many of the Morlocks got blind and burned together with the forest. Until the morning came, he could not find Weena. I suspect that Weena created the fire and died in the forest. He felt very lonely again, but he still went on. The beautiful places and creatures did not seemed to be changed at all. Everything was still calm and magnificent.

The Time Machine- Chapter 8

In this chapter Time Traveller and Weena goes into the Palace of Green Porcelain. The building had interior like a huge gallery. They found fossils of Elois and some extinct creatures. Deeper, they saw some more galleries of mineralogy and colossal figures. While looking at all these figures and galleries he heard some noise down the dark hall and that was then he realized that there might be some Morlocks living.

He went to a building beside the Great Porcelain which also looked like a gallery. In there he found a box of match that would protect them from the Morlocks. He danced with Weena in the museum. He also found a jar of camphor (flammable liquid) and a crowbar that might help him open the pedestal door. He saw many weapons but he could not carry them all. After sometime exploring the gallery, he finally found some useful weapons- dynamites. As the evening came, Time Traveller planned that he will spend the night at the gallery with may be some fire beside him, and tomorrow he will blow out the bronze door.

The Time Machine- Chapter 7

In this chapter, Time Traveller realizes the real danger of darkness and the Morlocks and why the Elois feared darkness. He is also horrified by the piece of meat that he saw when he went into the hole because he thought the dead meat could be one of the Elois. He decides to protect Weena and himself from the carnivorous Morlocks. Then he plans to open the pedestal somehow and get his time machine back from the Morlocks.

The Time Machine- Chapter 6

In this chapter, Time Traveller gets notices that as the night becomes darker, the more the Lemurs, the injurious creatures, gets active. He thinks that without discovering the mysteries behind the underground, he will not be able to find his time machine. He needed a partner to help him out, too, because he was scared of going down the hole alone by himself.

Finally he goes down the hole by himself, leaving Weena alone. The hole had an endless depth. When he reached the bottom he is attacked by three Morlocks. When he finally got outside the hole he meets Weena and the other Elois waiting for him.

The Time Machine- Chapter 5

In this chapter, Time Traveller finds himself in a terrible situation, in which he loses his time machine. He tries to find them all day and night long but he only tires himself out. The next day, he discovers that his machine might be hidden in a pedestal of the sphinx building. He gets mad and tries to threat one of the creatures but because of their innocent faces, he realizes that he was wrong. After he did that, many of the creatures began avoiding him and disliking him.

Time Traveller calms himself down and tries to find clues for finding his machine. He finds a well that is half covered with pillows. He finds out the there might be some kind of ventilationg system within the society connected to the buildings. The next day, he saves a female creature from drowning in the lake. She was one of the Elois names 'Weena' and she becomes friends with Time Traveller. One day he goes into abandoned building and meets another kind of creature called Morlocks who only lives in the dark places. He follows it into the well and finds that they live underground. He gets more curious and asks Weena about it but whenever he asks about them, she starts crying and runs away from him. The reactions of Weena make Time Traveller more curious.

The Time Machine- Chapter 4

In this chapter Time Traveller meets the creatures face-to-face. They were very interested in him but later they leave him because they lose interest very easily like little children. Also they were not so intelligent than what he thought of the future people would like to be. He sees and tastes all these different kinds of fruits and flowers and notices that those creatures were vegetarians. In the end he thinks about how simple the people and the surroundings are and how peaceful they are.

The Time Machine- Chapter 3

During dinner time, Time Traveller told his guests about what happened when he went travel to the future. When he pulled the lever of the machine to start, he felt as if he was falling from a building and had very unpleasant feeling. He wanted to stop and go back. But these feeling later changed to curiosity and he continued on. He saw the sun rising up and down, the eclipse of the moon, and all these things happened in just few seconds. His laboratory started falling apart, melted, and disappeared after a moment and he saw tall and huge buildings rising up from the ground.
He pressed the stop button and looked around. Everything he saw and around him were grey. He was on the grass in a garden. In front of him was a huge building that was colored silver-gray and it looked like a sphinx, surrounded by rhododendron bushes. Looking at all these different things, he suddenly felt scared by the chaged environment. He was afraid that the people mutilated to some kind of monsters. He hold the time machine and was almost ready to go back. Suddenly he heard voices and running foot steps coming towards him.

The Time Machine- Chapter 2

After seeing what Time Traveller made at his lab, they meet again to have dinner with Time Traveller. This time more guests came than before. Some of them were Journalist,Doctor,The Editor, and The Silent Man. While having dinner, they found Time Traveller coming down the stairs with dirt and wound all over his body. Pretty excited, he told them that he traveled the time using the machine told them not to interrupt him because he was very tired and hungry.

The Time Machine- Book Cover

This is the cover of the book Time Machine.

Cool!

The Time Machine- Chapter 1

In chapter 1, group of people, I, Filby, Phychologist, Medical Man, Provincial Mayor, and The Very Young Man gather in a house. They talk about all these scientific theories and dimensions with the main character who does not mention his name and is only referred as the 'Time Traveller'. Time Traveller tries to convince those people to believe that they can also walk on the time dimension and travel through it. Because they did not believe what he said, Time Traveller shows them the first time machine that he made two years ago. Surprisingly, the time machine actually worked and was vanished in front of everyone watching it. Time Traveller also tells them that he is almost done making the second time machine. Chapter 1 ends when all of them go into the laboratory of Time Traveller sees what he invented.

I almost fell asleep because of the dialogue in the beginning of the chapter. But it gets really interesting when the time machine vanishes. So be patient!

1960's Movie Film Trailer of 'The Time Machine' by with the director George Pal

I found the actual movie film TRAILER of the novel 'The Time Machine'. I tried to find the whole film but they only had the trailer.

If you want to watch the trailer, follow this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9miqKm0aB0&feature=related
(I thought it was cool!)

This is the picture of H. G. Wells. ^_^

This is the real picture of the author, H. G. Wells.

For more information, follow this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.g._wells

The Time Machine by. H. G. Wells

Today I started reading the book 'The Time Machine' by H. G. Wells. It looks quite boring so I don't like it. :( I hope I'll finish reading this as soon as possible...