Eloi
Eloi are very fragile creatures who have evolved from human but instead of improving, they are in reverse evolution.
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They are fragile creatures who are childish in nature
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The time traveller refers to an Eloi he rescues as little Weena and treats her like his daughter
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The Eloi have become used to having many resources and face very few problems
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PointThey have the intelligence of a five year old
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Proof"Then one of them suddenly asked me a question that showed him to be on the intellectual level of one of our five-year-old children." (Wells, 31)
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CommentAs everything is given to them, this has reduced the need for education to further progress
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The Eloi have evolved to become very weak, "Under the new conditions of perfect comfort and security, that restless energy, that with us is strength, would become weakness." (Wells, 41) The future version of capitalists as depicted by Wells have reached the plateau for progression and have become lazy as they have nowhere to go but down.
The Eloi show how they can be like children, they have moved on after meeting the time traveller, they need something else to entertain them now