No additional sources. A 7 page paper that discusses Wells' theme of intellectual and social complacency through comparison between his guests, the Eloi and the Morlocks. This paper demonstrates that the Utopian society represented by the Eloi actually originated in people like the Time Traveler's doubting friends and evolved into the dying society that he saw in his voyage further into the future because of complacency. Bibliography lists 5 sources. The paper concludes that both these characters have a difficult time risking confrontation, and, despite the fact that one character is a soldier returned from the front and the other a successful lawyer, neither is secure enough to risk a confrontation that could be uncomfortable, painful, or guilt-inducing.
Bibliography lists the two primary sources.
A 5 page research paper on Melville's story and the importance of the setting in understanding it. The writer details the setting, the terms used to describe it, and how it related to each stage of Bartleby's withdrawal from life. No additional sources cited. A 5 page analysis of Melville's story, focusing on the denial and rationalization abilities of Captain Delano. The story ultimately is the illustration of the unthinking prejudice of race based on a lack of understanding, and the author makes his points against the backdrop of mental instability and lack of mental wholeness.