war of worlds

• key themes

  • imperialism
  • survival + adaptation
  • evolution + natural selection
  • human arrogance
• imperialism


  reference to british empire, humans now know it feels: aliens coloniser, humans colonised
• human arrogance

  can't believe other intelligent beings (Ogilvy)

  hubris of narrator

  assumes superiority
• survival + adaptation

  suvival > money

  breakdown of societal norms
• evolution + natural selection

  bacteria killed martians

  like artilleryman willing to adapt and live as a rat to survive saved his life