Wells' 1895 science fiction novel The Time Machine is a cautionary tale of what will befall mankind if capitalism continues to exploit workers for the benefits of the rich. ... The futuristic tale illustrates the true essence of Darwin's theory: there is no guarantee that a species will evolve for the better, there is only the guarantee that successful species must continuously adapt to their environments or risk extinction. ... The Time Machine presents two very different settings: 1890s' London and the future year of 802,701 AD. ... Industry was thriving, hordes of people h...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her story follows the affairs and lives of two families, the Truebas and the Del Valles, across 50 years, spanning multiple generations. ... After returning to his city from Tres Marinas, his plantation, Esteban describes his home by saying, "The city looked unfamiliar. ... Cities are being filled with towering skyscrapers and massive new buildings with everything and everyone trying to cram into one tiny space. ... These were fairy tales, which did nothing to alter the narrowness of their existence....

• Word Count: 1164
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Barrie's Peter Pan (1904) circulates in the popular imagination as a happy tale for children that, through the adventures of Peter and the other children in Never Land, celebrates playfulness. ... As its name implies, the middle class falls between the upper and working classes as an unstable site of mediation between the two. The instability of the middle class means that arriving at a definition is difficult, but a point of departure might be the consideration of the broad terms of work for the middle class, which requires a degree of intellectual engagement and is remunerated at a leve...

• Word Count: 7291
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: Undergraduate