HG Wells, author of the mind-blowing novel The War of the Worlds, used both external and internal foreshadowing and conflict to show the theme that humans should not presume to be the superior race . Wells was the author of more than 100 books, nearly half of them nonfiction, published over a span of 52 years. Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley. Wells started Morley School in Bromley when he was seven and at the age of 14 he became apprenticed to a draper. In 1883 Wells rebelled against their fate. Herbert came to Up Park when he was 14 years old. Some events that pushed Wells in a new direction are in his autobiography titled “Starts in Life.” When Herbert George Wells was young, his mother taught him to read, mostly using large capital letters. Wells' Aunt Mary and sister ran a boarding house, and Wells came to live with them. Wells came across many acquaintances. Wells' childhood was very low class. Wells' education began when he attended the commercial academy for young gentlemen. Wells moved to Wookey, Somerset in 1880 to help a relative when he was 14 (Abrams 13+; Hall 310+; “Herbert George Wells-Biography”; Kunitz 1492; O'neal 1630; “Wells, HG” 122). he believed that science and technology would solve the problems of the human race. Wells believed that humans use technology for evil rather than good reasons and that humans are too cruel and selfish. A famous scientist named Thomas Huxley taught him in college about Darwin's theory of evolution. Wells was a prophet but before that he was a man of letters, a journalist and a biologist. In 1903 Wells wrote seven pamphlets when he joined the Fabian Society. Wells spent most of his time on the Rivera. Wells lived in London, in flats located in Regenth's Park, where...... middle of paper ......rlds. Internal and external conflicts are shown along with foreshadowing; humans believed they were superior to all races. Foreshadowing, symbolism and irony were literary elements used to enhance the theme. Over the course of 52 years, Wells wrote more than 100 books. Most of which were science fiction books. Works Cited Abrams, Dennis. H. G. Wells. New York: Chelsea, 2011. Print.Hall, Lawrence Sargent, and Paul Batista. "H. G. Wells." The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography. 1973. Print. "Herbert George Wells-Biography" Egs.edu. EGS European Graduate School, 1997-2012. Web.29 April 2014Kunitz, Stanley, ed. Authors of the twentieth century. New York: H. W. Wilson Company. 1942.Print.O'Neil, Patrick M. "H. G. Wells." Great Writers of the Twentieth Century World. 2004. Print.“Wells,HG” Literary Lifelines. 1998. Print.