Time Machine -

The Morlocks steal his machine, forcing the Traveller to explore their subterranean world to recover it and return to the Victorian era. đź§  Major Themes

Inverting the 19th-century belief that evolution always leads to progress, Wells suggests that without struggle, humanity might devolve into a state of weakness or savagery. Time Machine

The Eloi and Morlocks represent the eventual result of unchecked class inequality . The idle rich evolve into the useless Eloi, while the working class becomes the predatory Morlocks. The Morlocks steal his machine, forcing the Traveller