E X T E N S I O N MAIN THEMES Socio-political and philosophical themes The Time Machine reflects its own time, warning1 victorians abouttheeffectsof the capitalistic industrial revolution and the stratification of society into very different social classes; the effects include the polarization of the social classes and the consequences of rampant2 industrialization. moreover, the novel introduces readers to emerging scientific and social The Fabian Window. It was designed ideas. most of all, The Time by George Bernard Shaw in 1910 as a Machine is a novel that stands commemoration of the Fabian Society and the test of time, involving the shows their fellow members helping to build readers in an unprecedented3 the new world . tale of a scientist who invents a machine that carries him into the future. the story reflects Wells s own socialist political views (he was p. 4, n. 4), his vision of life, and a member of the Fabian Society the contemporary anxiety about progress. in fact, Wells refused the optimistic confidence in scientific development of late positivism4. Wells s work is an early example of the Dying earth subgenre. the chapter 5) that sees the time traveller in portion of the novel ( a distant future, where the sun is huge and red, also places The Time Machine within the sphere of eschatology, i.e. the study of the end of the world, and the ultimate destiny of humanity. Symbols there are several symbols in The Time Machine, including the Sphinx, flowers and fire.the time machine itself can also be viewed as a symbol. the Sphinx appeared on the cover of the first edition as requested by 1. warning: making someone realize a possible danger or problem, especially one in the future. 2. rampant: getting worse quickly and in an uncontrolled way. 3. unprecedented: that has never happened, been done or been known before. 4. Positivism: a philosophical theory based on things that can be scientifically proved. 66