The document summarizes Herbert George Wells's science fiction novel The War of the Worlds. It describes how the novel tells of Martians invading Earth and overwhelming human defenses with advanced weaponry. Though early resistance is mounted, the Martians develop a deadly black smoke chemical weapon that ends most human opposition. Ultimately, the Martians are defeated not by human technology but by Earth's bacteria to which they have no immunity.

1. G ROUP 6
P io t r M a r c z y k
( P o la n d )
The War
D a m ia n S t y p a
( P o la n d ) of the
Worlds
K o nra d S zo ta
( P o la n d )
D a n ie l J im e n o BY HERBERT
G r e g o r io GEORGE WELLS
( S p a in )

2. A SCIENCE FICTION
 The War of the Worlds (1898), a science
fiction novel by Herbert George Wells, is
the first-person narrative of an unnamed
protagonist's adventures in London and
the countryside southwest of London as
Earth is invaded by Martians. Written in
1895-1897, it is one of the earliest stories
that details a conflict between mankind
and an alien race.

3. Book One: The Coming of the Martians and
Book Two: The Earth under the Martians.
 The War of the Worlds has two parts, The
narrator, a philosophically inclined author,
struggles to return to his wife while seeing the
Martians lay waste to southern England. Book
One (Chapters 14, 16, and 17) imparts the
experience of his brother, also unnamed, who
describes events in the capital and escapes
the Martians by boarding a ship near
Tillingham on the coast sixty-five miles
northeast of London and is not mentioned
again.

4. THE PLOT
T h e p lo t h a s b e e n
r e la t e d t o in v a s io n
lit e r a t u r e o f t h e t im e .
Th e n o ve l h a s b e e n
v a r io u s ly in t e r p r e t e d a s
a c o mme nta ry o n
e v o lu t io n a r y t h e o r y ,
B r it is h im p e r ia lis m , a n d
g e n e r a lly V ic t o r ia n f e a r s
a n d p r e ju d ic e s . A t t h e

5. THE PLOT

6. THE NARRATOR
T h e n a r r a t o r d e s c r ib e s
a n in v a s io n o f t h e B r it is h
Is la n d s b y a n a d v a n c e d
c iv iliz a t io n f r o m M a r s .
T h e s t o r y b e g in s w it h a
d e s c r ip t io n o f lig h t
f la s h e s e m a n a t in g f r o m
t h e p la n e t M a r s .
U n k n o w n a t t h e t im e ,
t h e s e f la s h e s w e r e t h e

7. A METEOR
S o m e t im e la t e r , w h a t
w a s b e lie v e d t o b e a
me te o r c ra s he s
o u t s id e L o n d o n . A f t e r
s o m e a c t iv it y in s id e
t h e r e s u lt in g c r a t e r , a
M a r t ia n m a c h in e
r is e s o u t o f t h e h o le
a n d e a s ily d e f e a t s a

8. THE MACHINE
Th e m a c h in e is a t h r e e -
le g g e d t o w e r , t h e T r ip o d ,
w h o s e p r im a r y w e a p o n w a s
a h e a t r a y. Th e h e a t r a y
d e s t r o y e d e v e r y t h in g in it s
p a t h . W h ile t h e h u m a n
d e f e n d e r s w e r e h o p e le s s ly
o u t m a t c h e d , t h e y w e r e s t ill
a b le t o d e s t r o y s e v e r a l o f
t h e in v a d in g t r ip o d s . T h e
mo s t s u c c e s s tha t the
d e fe nd e rs ha d w a s w he n the
B r it is h w a r s h ip , t h e H M S

9. THE MARTIAN INVADERS
A f t e r s o m e e a r ly ( a lt h o u g h
n o t s ig n if ic a n t ) lo s s e s b y t h e
M a r t ia n in v a d e r s , a n e w a n d
m o r e d e a d ly w e a p o n w a s
u s e d . " B la c k s m o k e " w a s
e s s e n t ia lly a c h e m ic a l g a s
t h a t k ille d a n y p e r s o n t h a t
c o m e s in c o n t a c t w it h it .
A f t e r t h is n e w d e a d ly
w e a p o n w a s u n le a s h e d , a n y
f u r t h e r d e f e n s e a g a in s t t h e
in v a d e r s w a s in e f f e c t u a l. T h e
M a r t ia n c o n q u e r o r s m a d e

10. T h e na rra to r w a nd e rs thro ug h
t h e r u in s o f E n g la n d
a t t e m p t in g t o e s c a p e
d e t e c t io n f r o m t h e M a r t ia n s .
A ll o r g a n iz e d h u m a n
r e s is t a n c e t o t h e in v a d e r s
a p p e a rs to ha ve e nd e d .
M a n k in d , h o w e v e r , is
u lt im a t e ly s a v e d n o t t h r o u g h
t h e ir m ilit a r y f o r c e s o r
t e c h n o lo g y , b u t t h r o u g h t h e
b a c t e r ia t h a t is p r e s e n t o n t h e
p la n e t . M a n h a s lo n g s in c e
b e c o m e im m u n e t o t h e

11. MOVIES
 T h e 1953 ve r s i o n w a s , a t t h e
t im e a t e c h n o lo g ic a l m a r v e l a n d
d e p ic t s m ilit a r y a n d s c ie n t if ic
a t t e m p t s t o t h w a r t t h e in v a s io n .
T h e 2 0 0 5 r e m a k e , s t a r r in g T o m
C r u is e f o c u s e s m o r e o n t h e
im p a c t s o f t h e in v a s io n o n o n e
f a m i l y . A 19 9 6 m o v i e ,
" In d e p e n d e n c e D a y" b e a r s
m a n y s i m i l a r i t i e s w i t h t h e 19 5 3
v e r s io n o f W a r o f t h e W o r ld s .
A d d it io n a lly , t h e r e w a s a ls o a
19 8 8 t e l e v i s i o n s e r i e s b a s e d o n
t h is s t o r y , h o w e v e r , t h e s e r ie s

12. MOVIES
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
c0Myr_sYsE
 http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bItxSjclYgU&feature=re
As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one
family fights for survival. Director: Steven Spielberg, Writers:
Josh Friedman (screenplay), David Koepp (screenplay), and
1 more credit » Stars: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning and Tim
Robbins

13. RADIO BRADCASTING IN 1938
T h is b r o a d c a s t w a s
na rra te d b y O rs o n
W e lle s . T h e f o r m a t o f t h is
b r o a d c a s t w a s s im ila r t o
tha t o f a ne w s c a s t a nd
m a n y lis t e n e r s a c t u a lly
b e lie v e d t h a t a n a lie n
in v a s io n w a s h a p p e n in g .
P a n ic e n s u e d a n d s h o t s
w e r e f ir e d b y f r ig h t e n e d

14.  http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g

15. HG Wells’S predictions
 F o r e x a m p le , t h e b o o k
d e s c r ib e s f lig h t a n d
s p a c e t r a v e l w e ll b e f o r e
e it h e r b e c a m e a r e a lit y .
A d d it io n a lly , b la c k s m o k e
a c c u r a t e ly d e p ic t s t h e
e f f e c t s o f c h e m ic a l
w a r f a r e w h ic h w a s u s e d
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y e a r s la t e r in W o r ld W a r