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betsy123
betsy123
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High School - 11th Grade

In "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells, what is the reminder that the narrator keeps of the Time Traveler's jorney?

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Posted by betsy123 on Wednesday January 7, 2009 at 7:24 AM and tagged with journey, narrator, reminder, the time machine.

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  1. troutmiller Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    In the epilogue, the narrator has with him the two flowers that the Time Traveler brought back with him from the future.  He has these flowers with him to represent the compassion in people that still exists even 800,000 years into the future.  Wells' last sentence clarifies that point.

    "And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers--shrivelled now, and brown and flat and brittle--to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man."

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    http://www.enotes.com/time-machine/chapter-12-epilogue-su...

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    Posted by troutmiller on Wednesday January 7, 2009 at 9:02 AM