HG Wells' the Time Machine reminds me of the contemporary state of the world and its problems that can actually be reduced to three attributes: environmental causes, political conditions, and economic conditions.
Environmental conditions:
The Eloi seem at first sight to be a peaceful Utopian community who, although not intellectual, has used technology to control their environment and to make it work for them. Only through the duration of the book and more significantly much later, does the narrator realize that the activities of the Eloi have actually despoiled the environment. The traveler travels ahead to approximately 30 million years ahead of his own time and sees lecherous insects swarm over the country and ravage it. The further he travels, the more closely he sees the earth's rotation gradually cease, the planet become increasingly colder, and the Earth become a more forbidding, dank, and lifeless place. Eloi and similar civilizations have ruined it.
This is relevant to our own times of how we use technology to ruin the Earth. The spoilage of fresh water, forestry, confiscation of land, and pollution of resources as well as confiscation for other purposes cause a shortage of crops and unfair distribution of resources where - similar to Well's Time Machine in regards to the Eloi and the Morlocks - the privileged receive more than those hwo have little. The end-result is that a gasp exists between those who have a lot and those who have little and brutality is a consequence. This is particularly true in places where poor people are underrepresented and lack a voice to articulate their complaints. Often too, these individuals are forced to move off property compelled to relocate to unstable poor land and to overcrowded cities where their poverty only becomes aggravated and their hunger,...
It is no longer an economically viable option to pursue family life to the exclusion of professional life. Even in households with children (or especially in these households), it has become expected that both men and women would work outside the home. Too often, this trend is driven by economic circumstances rather than professional ambition as such. It is furthermore significant that men do not occur in high frequency in
Inequality is an issue that exist throughout the world. According to Samuelsson & Antony (2007) inequality is defined as "the narrow life choices and life chances for individuals and groups of people. If refers not to just what people have; it is not just differences in lifestyle, but also what they can do and what they can be (Samuelsson & Antony, 2007). In most cases minorities, women, poor and the
This is despite that fact that there are supposed to be protections in place for addressing these challenges (such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964). (Kolby, n.d.) (Page, 2009) Annual Income Levels for Men vs. Women Demographic Amount Men $39,303 Women $26,284 These numbers are showing how women are receiving lower earnings in contrast with men. This is further highlighting the disparities that currently exist with a glass ceiling in place to prohibit their advancement. (Kolby,
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Overall, these articles show the complexity of the issue of inequality and suggest that the issue is not as clear as it seems. In considering these articles, it can be seen that there is not even certainty over whether a gap really exists and over how the gap is measured. In addition, there are arguments over whether inequality is really even a problem. References Movin' On Up." Wall Street Journal, August 17,
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