Blog 1, The Time Machine, Period 1, Sonam Sherpa, Discussion Director
As we can see after reading the first part of this book, it has a very similar feel to “War of the Worlds”. What I mean by this is that it should be pretty obvious how these two books are very similar in the way that they were written. Ok, I just wanted to fill everyone else in on that and now I will get to the actual topic my given posistion requires.
First off I would like to ask everyone what they think of the time traveller’s theory so far. Do you, much like Filby brush it off to the side as complete rubbish, or do you keep your mind open and accept him for his true genious. His whole proposal of the world that we know having four dimensions instead of three is very intriguing whether or not you truly believe him and that fact must be acknowledged. And even if you do not truly believe what the time traveller had said, you must take into consideration the amount of hard work and thinking time he had put into this. So the question arises; do you think that the time traveller is the real deal, or is he just a magician of time?
The second topic that I would like to touch upon would be the topic that the narrator had been talking about at the beginning of the second chapter. That topic was that the people at the time traveller’s meeting had not completely trusted what he had said due to the fact that he thought on a higher level than them. And since he was on a higher track of thinking it was impossible to tell whether or not the time traveller was serious or if he was just toying with people of smaller intelligence. So then my next question arises; do you think that the reason why they didn’t trust the time traveller is due to the fact that people who are more relatable to one’s self are more quickly to be trusted?
Thank you very much in advance for commenting on my rambling post.
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March 21st, 2009 at 4:29 pm
To answer your first question I thik he is a genious and it is not rubbish. To answer your first real question I do not think he is just a magician I think he is the real deal. There is no way you can make a chair just disapear like the way he did. He is too wise about the future to be faking it. He has to be the real deal.
I think they do not trust him because he is too intelegent. He does everything perectly with no error or hesitation. This would draw into people’s minds that it is too well prepaired like a show or play. Plays are not real life so they would think that he is not doing what is really him. He may be doing what is an act to them. So no I do not think that they do not trust him is because people who relate to others are more easily trusted. I think it is because he is too perfect that he seems fake.
-Taran
March 21st, 2009 at 7:28 pm
The first question I am quite positive with my answer. I do not believe he is a magician, but a true time traveler. He seems way too intelligent of a man to waste his mind on magic. Also, I have seen magicians make things disappear, but never in the way as the time traveler does. Magicians usually have things disappear instantly, but his slowly fade into nothing. I do not possibly see anyway that this is possible.
I partially agree with Taran’s response for the second question. I also think that the people don’t trust him, because he is too intelligent and too perfect, but I think it is more the intelligence. I believe that this is so because the other people may think that he just knows something that they don’t, allowing them to pull the wool over their eyes. This is understandable because they feel that they are of less ability or under the time traveler. This difference between people causes them not to trust him.
~Erin
P.S. remember to bring costumes, scripts, props, etc. on Monday!
March 22nd, 2009 at 11:32 am
Colin Easter
For the first question, the Time Traveller would be telling the truth about his experience. After all, this is a science-fiction book. Those kinds of books present a “what if” scenario and try to describe what they think would happen. Time travel would be the “what if” in this book. The beginning of the book shows the thoughts behind the book in a sense. The characters discuss the different aspects of time travel and have their own thoughts. This is much like the author thinking about time travel when writing the book.
I think that the others don’t trust the Time Traveller because he has already tricked them before. On page 10, the Medical Man says, “Or is this a trick-like that ghost you showed us last Christmas?” Therefore, they already have reason to think that this is a trick, given the Time Traveller’s past history. With that said, they didn’t completely distrust him as well.