War of the Worlds Essay Examples

H. G. Wells

United Kingdom

Science fiction

1898

Wells describes the war between Martians and Earthmen as a war between the comfortable present of suburban English complacency and the world of the future of horrifying technology and inhumanity.

The War of the Worlds chronicles the events of a Martian invasion as experienced by an unidentified male narrator and his brother. The story begins a few years before the invasion.

The Curate, The Artilleryman, The Pits, The Martians

The Nartor, Martians, The Artilleryman, The Curate, The Narrator's Brother, The Narrator’s Wife, Ogilvy, Henderson, Landlord, Mrs. Elphinstone, Dr. Elphinstone, and Ms. Elphinstone