Comparing The Eloi, The Traveler, And The Fall Of Man
The Eloi, the Traveler, and the Fall of Man
One of most contentious questions repeated throughout human history has been “What does a civilization require of its people?” In the Greek and Roman days just speaking Greek or Latin was enough to be considered civilized (Jarus), but it’s been realized that civilization require more than just a shared language. Psychologist Sigmund Freud in his book Civilization and Its Discontents names beauty, cleanliness, and order to be the most significant aspects of civilization.
The Eloi of 802,701 A.D. represent what a civilization would look like without the key Freudian aspects. They live in a society of perfect pleasure and ease; spending their entire lives eating, playing, mating and sleeping. Since the …show more content…
They likely only feel the basest of human urges to mate and procreate, but the traveller questions if even that is controlled by the …show more content…
“Then she gave a most piteous cry, and running to me, she began to pull at me with her little hands. I think her opposition nerved me rather to proceed. I shook her off, perhaps a little roughly, and in another moment I was in the throat of the well. I saw her agonized face over the parapet, and smiled to reassure her.” (50) She shows care for another human not for any base instinctual reason, but because she likes him and his company. This idea of social order is prominent in Freud’s ideology.
But despite the Eloi living as sheep for the Morlocks, they live of a life of perfect ease and pleasure. “The air was free from gnats, the earth from weeds or fungi; everywhere were fruits and sweet and delightful flowers; brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither. Diseases had been stamped out. I saw no evidence of any contagious diseases during all my stay.” (30) You’d have trouble finding a person who wouldn’t want to live as the Eloi
One of most contentious questions repeated throughout human history has been “What does a civilization require of its people?” In the Greek and Roman days just speaking Greek or Latin was enough to be considered civilized (Jarus), but it’s been realized that civilization require more than just a shared language. Psychologist Sigmund Freud in his book Civilization and Its Discontents names beauty, cleanliness, and order to be the most significant aspects of civilization.
The Eloi of 802,701 A.D. represent what a civilization would look like without the key Freudian aspects. They live in a society of perfect pleasure and ease; spending their entire lives eating, playing, mating and sleeping. Since the …show more content…
They likely only feel the basest of human urges to mate and procreate, but the traveller questions if even that is controlled by the …show more content…
“Then she gave a most piteous cry, and running to me, she began to pull at me with her little hands. I think her opposition nerved me rather to proceed. I shook her off, perhaps a little roughly, and in another moment I was in the throat of the well. I saw her agonized face over the parapet, and smiled to reassure her.” (50) She shows care for another human not for any base instinctual reason, but because she likes him and his company. This idea of social order is prominent in Freud’s ideology.
But despite the Eloi living as sheep for the Morlocks, they live of a life of perfect ease and pleasure. “The air was free from gnats, the earth from weeds or fungi; everywhere were fruits and sweet and delightful flowers; brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither. Diseases had been stamped out. I saw no evidence of any contagious diseases during all my stay.” (30) You’d have trouble finding a person who wouldn’t want to live as the Eloi