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This 7 page paper examines this fictitious piece. It breaks it down into parts which are: I. Introduction, II. Characters, III. Plot, IV. Setting, V. Style, VI. Theme and Impact and VII. Conclusion. Some quotes are provided. No additional sources cited.
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at least seen the film. Some from an earlier generation had heard the infamous radio broadcast. The science fiction drama involves Martians and the world being invaded during a time
and place before modernity. It was well before X-Files and Aliens and Men in Black and a host of new films and books that assumes the audiences knowledge of UFOs
and such that has already become folklore. At the time when the War of the Worlds was aired on the radio, people were truly afraid. Wells provided a sense of
intrigue and a gripping plot where one surprise precedes the next. It is no wonder that the story made an impact. However, the story serves as more than something to
scare people. It is food for thought. Whether Earthlings are alone in the universe is still not known. II. Characters The protagonist in War of the Worlds also happens
to be the narrator and is unnamed. The reason he is dubbed the main character is because he narrates the book and so is present in every scene. The book--although
it contains a lot of events and characters--revolves around this central person. Throughout the story he just tries to survive, but he has a dual mission. That is, he wants
to survive the attack by the Martians and he also wants to find his wife. There are other characters but for the most part they are types and are often
also unnamed. Martians appear in the work for example and they create a colorful addition to the volume. The narrator describes the reaction to the beings as follows: "Those who
have never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror of its appearance" (Wells 21). Many of the mundane characters stay the same through the book but
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