War of the Worlds - By H.G. Wells Blog 3

The narrator has manged to hide in a house with the curator. As far as he knows, his wife is still in Leatherhead and probably thinks he is dead. He wants to get away from the curate who is annoying and obnoxious. He decides to go find his wife and gets his provisions ready. The curate is unwilling to leave, however, more scared of being left alone than in venturing out, so they go together.

They are both wary of the Martians as they travel, and sometimes have to hide along the way. They find comfort in seeing people about and searching for better housing. Along the way they break into different houses to find resources, and they manage to find one that has a whole store of food. The narrator wants to stay there for a while to build up strength, but the curator feels nervouse about doing so.



While debating whether to stay of go, a sudden green light flashes, and the narrator and curator are both thrown into the walls. When they come to, they find another cylinder has landed close to them, and a Martain is standing guard outside. The narrator watches the Martians through a crack in the wall and finds out alot about them that no one else has known.

  Resistance has ceased, and the Martians are roaming around, and feeding off of human blood. They have released a plant called "Red Weed" that has covered and destroyed Earth's ecology. Just as aggressively as the Martians destroyed Earth.

The curator is taken by one of the Martians because he attracts attention due to his evangelical outbursts. By this time the narrator is already hiding in the coal cellar, and so he does not get caught. The Martians leave no food in the cupboards, and so the narrator starts getting weak and hungry. He decides that the only thing he can do is wait and hope that the Martians will abandon their pit soon.

After thirteen days in the house, the narrator finally ventures outside to find the Martian's gone. He moves on to London, and the way is filled with the red weeds. However, they are showing signs of disease. The narrator also notices that he no longer sees any Martians. They also die by the same disease. When he finally makes it back to his house, he finds his wife there. They are both shocked and his wife even faints. They are over joyed at finding each other.

War of the Worlds - By H.G. Wells Blog 2

The Martians have now settled and started their attack on the Earth. Our main character has had to step over dead bodies just to get back to his house, where he watches a third cylinder fall to the Earth.

After the traumatization of getting back to his house, he jumps at the chance of human company and invites a soldier into his house. They make it through the night, and after collecting some necessities, the main character heads on to get his wife and take her to safety, while the soldier wants to get back to his battery. They decide to travel together for most of the way since they are headed in the same direction.

On the road they are traveling, many people are seen packing their things, however, very few are in any rush, and in fact a lot of kids are excited. Sometimes the main character and the soldier try to warn people, but they aren't very successful.

They make it to Weybridge where they must take a ferry over the river to go any further. The trains have already been stopped. The general atmosphere is not yet one of panic, people are confident in their eventual success over the Martians, but there are anxious glances at the skyline and frequent shouts.

Suddenly shots are fired but the guns are concealed by the trees and the Martians are still out of sight. The battle continues for some moments, invisible to the crowd, until five Martian machines appear, heading towards the river. There is silence among the crowd, but then panic breaks out. Recognizing the Heat-Ray in the hands of one, the main character and others begin jumping into the river. 

As the Martians are trying to cross the river, one of them is caught off guard by the hidden guns, and gets killed. The other two Martians are angry at this, and use the heat ray to decimate Weybridge. Fortunately, the main character goes under water, and in so survives.


The Martians bring their companion away and back to their original pit. The Martians work on something in their pit, while one stands guard outside. Reinforcements are coming in every 24 hours.

The narrator manages to find a boat, and makes it as far as the Middlesex bank. After resting for a bit, he decides his best course of action is to head North.

The War of the Worlds - By H.G. Wells Blog 1

Contrary to Day of the Triffids, War of the Worlds starts off before devastation or world domination. At the beginning, astronomer's are curious about some explosions on Mars. There are three in total, but what the people of Earth don't know is that these aren't just explosions. What is really happening, is that Mars is shooting capsules down to Earth.

Humans are unsuccessful in trying to open the first capsule, but soon after landing, it opens of it's own accord. What comes out is nothing anyone would ever have suspected. These huge gray blobs with tentacles stumble out. They are not friendly though, they want Earth for their own. Their own planet is on it's last days, and Earth is the perfect place to resettle.

The hundreds of people that are now watching are all wiped out, with a thing that is called the "Heat Ray". It burns everything it can reach, but the beam is invisible. The narrator manages to escape the Heat Ray, and runs home. Once there, he brings his wife and house keeper to her cousin's house. He returns home that night, to bring back the cart he borrowed. 

It is a difficult ride home, because it's raining, and thundering, but the thunder has a weird green colour. The way home is filled with destruction, and people are lying dead in the streets. He manages to get past the Martians, who are now in some sort of weird armour that is 100 feet tall, and suspended on three legs. It is a close call though. He manages to make it home safely though, and takes a rest to get over all the trauma of that day.