Wells used this "scientific romance" to critique the social conditions of his own time:
Inverting the 19th-century belief that evolution always leads to progress, Wells suggests that without struggle, humanity might devolve into a state of weakness or savagery. Time Machine
The Eloi and Morlocks represent the eventual result of unchecked class inequality . The idle rich evolve into the useless Eloi, while the working class becomes the predatory Morlocks. Wells used this "scientific romance" to critique the