Propast čovječanstva u "Vremeplovu" H. G. Wellsa

Time travelling is a common theme of many writers and scientists. George Herbart Wells describes his vision of the future in his novel The Time Machine. The hero of the novel, Time Traveller, meets unusual creatures and starts to interact with them. Eloi and Morlocks resemble humans to a certain extent, but further inspection will show how significant the difference between them and today's people is. The hierarchy between the two races turns out to be more complicated than the Time Traveller speculated at first. Also, their lifestyle, society, ways of behaviour, rules and values are quite different from what he expects. The future society is unfamiliar with the concepts of family, friendship, sex and gender, religion, art, politics, money, work, private property and similar concepts that determine human social behaviour. Eloi and Morlocks have undergone significant biological and psychological changes in comparison to today's human society. They have both human and animalistic traits which makes them a great subject for analysing the concept of evolution and degeneration. It is difficult to determine whether the world has advanced or degenerated in the future because the novel remains ambiguous on this issue. Further exploration of the future shows that the world is going to change radically and most species will go extinct. The nature changes as well, and all human-like creatures will eventually vanish. This novel can be interpreted as a prophecy and warning to mankind that something has to change in order for people to avoid the future as it is described in the novel