The Time Machine
What do you find interesting about the style The Time Machine is written in?
There are many things that I found interesting about The Time Machine as it is an incredibly successful adventure story. Wells uses all the usual aspects including danger, near death experiences, a great hero, a love interest and successful villains. However he still manages to write in a unique and appealing style; this is what I liked and found most interesting about The Time Machine.
One distinctive feature of the book is that it rarely uses names for individual characters. In chapter one the majority of characters who have been invited to the Time Traveller's "meeting" are referred to by their professions rather then their Christian names. For example, the Psychologist and the Provincial Mayor, this is also true of the novel's main character, the Time Traveller. In fact, only three characters are actually given names; Mrs Watchett (the maid), Filby, and of course little Weena. I think the lack of......
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