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Essay / Role of British Imperialism in the War of the Worlds,...
As a reader, we can infer that Wells tends to have a negative view of the idea of British Imperialism. When the passage in the book suggests to the reader not to judge the Martians too harshly, because the British did the same in their need to survive, it suggests that Wells can see what the British did to maintain such a barbaric lifestyle than that of the Martians. Martians. Wells wrote “The War of the Worlds” to give the reader a first-hand look at what it means to be on the other side of history. He wrote it with the British Empire as a victim subjected to the hierarchy of another species ready to eradicate them to survive. It was written in a way to overthrow imperialism and give readers an insight into how things used to be. It gives readers of his time and meaning to take a moment and think that perhaps there are other life forms or even other humans that could be above the British Empire. But even if nothing happened to the British Empire at the time, it gives readers the fear that they could easily be driven to anarchy and chaos if they let their boldness and belief in being more advanced take over.