War of the World's Themes

Question 1

Overall themes to waffle on

Answer 1

human vulnerability, technological superiority, survival, and the fragility of civilisation in the face of an extraterrestrial threat

Question 2

Chapter 1

Answer 2

Prejudices and the Human Condition
Martians first introduced
evolution introduced by talking of the cooling of mars and the beginning of life on mars preceding earth. Survival and Adaptation.
Weakness and vulnerability of humans on earth
“they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.”

Question 3

Chapter 2

Answer 3

Curiosity and Scientific discovery
Humans are curious of the first cylinders landing but do not understand the dangers the aliens may pose.
The curious nature of humans
foreshadowing the disaster brewing as humanity is unaware