Chapter 3 On Horsell Common

Question 1

What happens in chapter 3

Answer 1

Narrator visits the cylinder
Crowd significantly increases
All different people around

Question 2

Way of describing the growing crowd

Answer 2

Carnival atmosphere which seems somewhat incongruous and unlikely at such an event which creates a false sense of security and a play on dramatic irony.

Question 3

How does wells maintain suspense

Answer 3

Small details and casual reference to the noises in the cylinder

Question 4

Context link to social class

Answer 4

Lists the different members which could be a subtle indication that the martians will unite humanity

Question 5

Device used throughout the first three chapters

Answer 5

Pathetic fallacy indicating danger is bout to strike

Question 6

Quote relating to social class

Answer 6

Cyclists, jobbing gardener… a girl carrying a baby

Question 7

Quote shaming the uneducated

Answer 7

Common people in England had anything but the vaguest astronomical ideas

Question 8

Quote showing pathetic fallacy

Answer 8

Glaringly hot, not a cloud in the sky

Question 9

Quote showing the noises made in the cylinder

Answer 9

A faint stirring was occasionally still audible within the case