Mr_Shank

On page 51 of War of the Worlds I found a very interesting quote. “I began to compare the Things to human machines, to ask myself for the first time in my life how an ironclad or or a steam engine would seem to an intelligent lower animal.”  The protagonist was wondering this as he was observing the giant Martian monstrosities through his open study window.  I found this to be a very interesting view on the situation he is in.  Rather than hating the tripods that are attacking and killing people he tries to put himself on the other side of it all.  How often do you consider the impact of the actions you do on lesser creatures?

By including this in the book, H.G. Wells is asking us to think about the situation in a nonbiased way.  Yes, humanity is being attacked for no obvious reason at all, but what have we been doing to the creatures of our planet all along? is this any better than what the Martians are doing to us?  And if you say that we have the right to do that on our planet, what makes us better than the other creatures on it?

Shaun Ditzler

The passage I chose is on page 97. Taylor is talking to Lou Ann.
They were talking about Taylor and her little baby Turtle. Lou Ann kept asking Taylor questions about the baby and Taylor just had to tell her that she was just given to her. Lou Ann thought that that Taylor adopted her but Taylor told her that that’s not really what had happend.
My question is do you think that Taylor has any real motives of adopting Turtle or is she just going to keep taking care of her? Do you think that when Turtle gets older Taylor will tell her the truth about what had happend the night she was given to her?

Brittany Miller

[Brittany couldn't post this so I copied it out of the comment so we could find it]