HG Wells was cynical about the Victorian class system and completely disapproved of the way people were segregated, based on their wealth. Wells disagreed with the capitalist views of England as he himself was a socialist and strove to make his views known. In his novel The Time Machine, he. took segregation to the extreme with the distinction between upper and lower classes living above and below ground, in an attempt to show everyone the reality of their ways, with his political views. England subtly involved As he travels to the future, he discovers that this new world is never what he expected, as he feels vulnerable and "naked in a strange world as if he had been born." again in a strange world about which he knew nothing. This panic then quickly turns into frenzy and he then meets the Eloi who were everything he despised, fragile creatures, who had lost their virility and their interest in the world. . The Eloi were, as he describes it, a "fragile thing from the future", mainly due to their consumptive beauty and very fragile, pale features. It's called "Dresden porcelain", linking the creatures to the delicate porcelain dolls known for their perfect faces. This is how upper-class Victorians behaved as they strived to achieve beauty such as that possessed by the Eloi. When he first saw them, they appeared in rich, soft robes, which are later described as purple. these very pious and wealthy upper class characters and it is clear to the reader that these creatures represented the Victorian upper classes like purple, in the 19th century it was a very expensive color. Wells also subtly hinted at his view of communism among the Eloi, as they are all uniformly... middle of paper ... also once again shows the lack of intelligence of the Eloi, as they do not have the skills needed to build anything. Additionally, when the time traveler realized where they were, he said, "Clearly...they were standing among the ruins." This is a metaphor showing the ruins of intelligence, as the Eloi have shown no desire to roam intelligence. The themes of The Time Machine still relate to modern times, but the distinction between classes is more subtle than that of the 19th century. The distinction between classes these days is very minimal because we all live like Morlocks who have work to survive. However, we are more human because there is less discrimination between classes than in the 19th century. However, these days, classes are not determined by the family you were born into, but rather by the type of job you have, your wealth and your social status in society..