Bk2 Ch2 Flashcards
Quote showing the house was destroyed
“Vanished, completely smashed”
Quote foreshadowing the martians are destroyed
“Since been called handling-machines”
Quote showing the martians are advanced
“Swift,complex and perfect”
Quote showing they are only brains
“They were heads-merely heads”
Quote showing we are as bad
“Our carnivorous habitats”
Quote showing emotions are mans weakness
“Tumultuous emotions”
Quote showing we are similar to them
“Descended From beings not unlike ourselves”
Quote foreshadowing their death
“So much disease and pain on earth”
How does wells reinforce the horror
Relates to vampires, believed to be more than a myth
Dracula was published the same time WOTW was serialised
Remind the reader of their horror and excite them
How does wells link us to the humans
Humorously suggests humans will one day evolve into beings quite similar to the martians
Reminds them our eating habits are no more grotesque thanh the martians
Natural animal kingdom
What is the narrator surprised about
Emphasises the efficiency of the martians showing how the process of evolution can lead to such advanced creatures
Martians have been through evolution and only come out with a brain, all they need to survive. Tentacles are useless on earth due to gravity but on mars they would be very efficient, wells integrates his beliefs on natural selection and Darwinism
What don’t the martians have
Not emotions which would be considered mans greatest weakness. With no emotions they can not love but they can hate as shown when they fought back after one of their own was killed-darkness has won
What happens
Narrator watches the martians from within the house and seems extremely impressed with the great dexterity of the spider like handling machines
Martians use human as a food source
What are the martians capable
Martians so advanced that their bodies are their brains and they are capable of controlling such intricate machines they have created themselves
