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H. G. Well's Criticism of the english capitalist class in the 19th century as seen in his novel the time machine

This thesis discusses a novel by H. G. Wells entitled The time machine. In the
novel, Wells presents the projection of English society in the future surrounded by their
new environment that is completely different from the condition of England in the 19 th
century or at least at the time when Wells wrote this novel. By this, Wells means to
criticize the society by giving an exaggerated portrayal of a futuristic world. In this
thesis, I am interested in finding out how H. G. Wells criticizes the English society in
the 19 th century. I am conducting the library and Internet researches to get sources.
Furthermore, I use literary approach, and as tools to analyze I apply the literary theories
of setting and characterization. In addition, I also use the historical background of
England in the 19 th century. Wells in his criticisms explains the social stratification
between the capitalist class and the worker class in the past affects both of them in the
future. Thus, in my analysis on the ways H. G. Wells criticizes the English capitalist
class I find three ways. First is by showing the failure of capitalism in many aspects of
the future inhabitants? life. Second is by showing the failure of the evolution theory,
and the third is by showing the failure of education and progress that happen in the
future.

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