Stage 5 · The Grand Tour
The Time Machine
A time traveller finds two races of humans in the far future, prompting thought about society and progress.
Questions waiting on this journey
- Part 9After his terrible discovery, why can't the Time Traveller simply look down on the Eloi? What keeps him on their side?
- Part 13The Time Traveller asks his listeners to take his story 'as a lie--or a prophecy.' What would it mean to take it as a prophecy, and why does the narrator find it so hard to decide?
- Last partWhat does The Time Machine warn us about the future, and what does it suggest is still worth holding on to?
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- Lesson 1FreeWhy does the Time Traveller insist that time is only another direction, like space? What would change if he were right?Start
- Lesson 2SubscriptionWhy do the guests find it so hard to believe the Time Traveller, even when the evidence is in front of them?Locked
- Lesson 3SubscriptionWhat does the Time Traveller hope to find in the future, and what does he fear? Why do both feelings grow at the same time?Locked
- Lesson 4SubscriptionThe Time Traveller expected wise, serious people in the future. Why is he disappointed, and is his first explanation fair?Locked
- Lesson 5SubscriptionWhen the Time Traveller loses his machine, what does panic do to him, and what helps him think clearly again?Locked
- Lesson 6SubscriptionWhy does Weena's friendship matter so much to the Time Traveller, and what does her fear of the dark make him begin to notice?Locked
- Lesson 7SubscriptionThe Time Traveller decides that humanity has split into two kinds. What does his new theory say about the way people treat one another in his own time?Locked
- Lesson 8SubscriptionWhat gives the Time Traveller the courage to go down the well, and what does he learn about himself in the dark?Locked
- Lesson 9SubscriptionAfter his terrible discovery, why can't the Time Traveller simply look down on the Eloi? What keeps him on their side?Locked
- Lesson 10SubscriptionWhat does the ruined museum make the Time Traveller feel about human knowledge and effort? Is all that work wasted?Locked
- Lesson 11SubscriptionIn the burning forest, the Time Traveller loses Weena and faces his enemies helpless before him. What does he choose to do, and why does it matter?Locked
- Lesson 12SubscriptionThe Time Traveller concludes that comfort without challenge destroyed human intelligence. Then he sees the far end of the earth's life. What do these two sights together say about the human story?Locked
- Lesson 13SubscriptionThe Time Traveller asks his listeners to take his story 'as a lie--or a prophecy.' What would it mean to take it as a prophecy, and why does the narrator find it so hard to decide?Locked
- Lesson 14SubscriptionIf the future may be dark, how should we live now? What do the two white flowers say against the Time Traveller's gloomy view?Locked
- Lesson 15SubscriptionWhat does The Time Machine warn us about the future, and what does it suggest is still worth holding on to?Locked
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