Question

1. why does the time traveller decide to take weena back into his own time? do you think this is a good idea?
2. the time traveller implies that the eloi may have created the situation allowing them to be preyed upon by the morlocks. how has this happened? do you agree that the eloi are responsible for their current position in the food chain?

Explanation:

For Question 5:

The Time Traveller grows attached to Weena during his stay in the future; she is gentle, affectionate, and helps him navigate the future world, and he feels protective of her, as she is vulnerable to the Morlocks. He believes bringing her to his own time would keep her safe and give her a better life away from danger. Whether this is a good idea is debatable: while it would save her from the Morlocks, she would be completely displaced from her native time, culture, and environment, which could cause profound alienation and harm.

For Question 6:

The Time Traveller theorizes that in the distant future, the Eloi's ancestors were the wealthy, idle upper class who avoided labor entirely, while the Morlocks' ancestors were the exploited working class forced to live and toil underground. Over generations, the Eloi lost their intelligence, strength, and self-sufficiency from lack of effort, becoming helpless and dependent, while the Morlocks adapted to underground life, grew strong and cunning, and eventually began preying on the Eloi. As for responsibility: while the Eloi's ancestors created the unequal system, the current Eloi are not personally responsible, as they are the product of generations of societal decay they did not cause.

Answer:

1. For Question 5: The Time Traveller decides to take Weena back out of affection and a desire to protect her from the Morlocks. This idea has both merit (saving her from danger) and flaws (displacing her from her only known world).
2. For Question 6: The situation arose from a historic class divide, where idle upper-class ancestors of the Eloi created a system that let them lose survival skills, while the exploited working-class ancestors of the Morlocks evolved into predators. No, the current Eloi are not responsible for their position, as they inherited the decay of a system their ancestors built.