Division
In the Victorian culture, social class mattered and in capitalism there are two, the capitalists and the workers. Wells warns readers through the book of a widening gap between the two that could result in terrible things for humanity
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Creation of two different species from mankind due to a widening gap of the social classes
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"Man had not remained one species, but has differentiated into two distinct animals." (Wells, 59)
"It seemed as clear as daylight to me that the gradual widening of the present merely temporary and social difference between the Capitalist and the Laborer, was the key to the whole position..." (Wells, 61-62) |
Wells uses the book to suggest that as the gap between the rich and the poor grow, the distinction will not only be in the social classes but the lifestyle will cause an evolutionary change in humans resulting in two different species
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PointDistinction between the two causing separation
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Proof"So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-nots, the Workers getting continually adapted to the conditions of their labour." (Wells, 63)
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CommentWells alludes to an office building with the leaders, the capitalists, at the top while the workers are below them
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Wells is influenced by Charles Darwin and Karl Marx as he blames the differences between the rich and the poor for division of the species because of the adaptation to their respective lifestyles