Hg Wells War Of The Worlds Summary
Minnie Pozefsky
War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
Genre: The genre of War of the Worlds is science fiction. This is because the book contains outrageous descriptions of impossible events.
Plot Summary: War of the Worlds is a tale about an alien invasion. The story begins on a normal day in England. There is an unusual bright flash, seemingly coming from the planet, Mars. The people soon discover that this was the launching of an artificial cylinder, containing monstrous “martians”. A second cylinder follows, then a third, fourth, fifth, and so on. They attack with massive heat rays, which destroy almost anything in there path. These “martians” could easily take over the world. War of the Worlds tells the tale of an ordinary British man in a struggle …show more content…
Every citizen of the world is projected to show utter terror whenever they see, hear, or even think about the so called “martians”.
Symbolism: I might be insane, but I feel like the “martians” might represent problems that no one wants to address. For example, climate change. If everyone just acts like everything is fine, then the earth will pay dearly eventually. This is what happened in War of the Worlds.
Irony: In War of the Worlds, everyone was curious about possible alien life at the beginning. It seems like they believed they could teach and learn a lot from aliens. Everyone was curious when the first cylinder landed on earth, but then everyone and everything were nearly destroyed.
Foreshadowing: An example of foreshadowing in War of the Worlds is when the martians were being quiet and not showing themselves at the beginning of the book. It was as if they were plotting something. Soon after, they attacked.
Imagery: “…weary, starving and sun-scorched, the earth under the blue sky and against the the prospect of the distant hills a velvet black expanse, with reed roofs, green trees, and, later, black-veiled shrubs and gates, barns, outhouses, and walls, rising here and there into the sunlight.” (book 1, chapter 15, page
War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
Genre: The genre of War of the Worlds is science fiction. This is because the book contains outrageous descriptions of impossible events.
Plot Summary: War of the Worlds is a tale about an alien invasion. The story begins on a normal day in England. There is an unusual bright flash, seemingly coming from the planet, Mars. The people soon discover that this was the launching of an artificial cylinder, containing monstrous “martians”. A second cylinder follows, then a third, fourth, fifth, and so on. They attack with massive heat rays, which destroy almost anything in there path. These “martians” could easily take over the world. War of the Worlds tells the tale of an ordinary British man in a struggle …show more content…
Every citizen of the world is projected to show utter terror whenever they see, hear, or even think about the so called “martians”.
Symbolism: I might be insane, but I feel like the “martians” might represent problems that no one wants to address. For example, climate change. If everyone just acts like everything is fine, then the earth will pay dearly eventually. This is what happened in War of the Worlds.
Irony: In War of the Worlds, everyone was curious about possible alien life at the beginning. It seems like they believed they could teach and learn a lot from aliens. Everyone was curious when the first cylinder landed on earth, but then everyone and everything were nearly destroyed.
Foreshadowing: An example of foreshadowing in War of the Worlds is when the martians were being quiet and not showing themselves at the beginning of the book. It was as if they were plotting something. Soon after, they attacked.
Imagery: “…weary, starving and sun-scorched, the earth under the blue sky and against the the prospect of the distant hills a velvet black expanse, with reed roofs, green trees, and, later, black-veiled shrubs and gates, barns, outhouses, and walls, rising here and there into the sunlight.” (book 1, chapter 15, page