Chapter 4 The Cylinder Opens Flashcards
What happens
Narrator returns to an even bigger crowd
The crowd jostles nervously at a sign of activity
Shopman falls in first victims
Terrified crowd withdraws to the trees as cylinder opens
What does the narrator experience when the cylinder opens
Narrator and the crowd first experience curiosity however this quickly turns to revulsion in response to the inhuman appendages
How does wells create tension at the start of the chapter
A seemingly casual detail of a boy running due to the cylinder beginning to open
How does wells make the martians seem more terrifying
Wells uses the crowds reaction as a means of reinforcing his description of how terrifying they are
2 quotes to describe the martians first getting out the cylinder
( eyes and movements )
“ greyish billowy movements “
“ two luminous disks - like eyes “
Quote relating to a snake
“ resembling a little grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick “
Quote to describe how the reader felt when seeing the martians
“ a sudden chill came over me “
Quote showing the size of the martians
“ rounded bulk, the size perhaps, of a bear”
Quote showing it’s soulless
“ two large dark-coloured eyes”
Quote showing it’s violent
“ heaved and pulsates continuously “
Quote shows the narrator running
“ I ran slantingly and stumbling “
Quote showing the boy speaking
“ I don’t like it. I’m a-goin ‘ome, I am “
