The Eloi didn't need books anymore; they were farmed livestock, with everything provided for them. They had 'bread and circuses.' Remember when the main character found out they had a library, and the girl took him there, and he swept his hand across the shelf, the books dissolving into a dust cloud, from age and neglect? That and the dr…
The Eloi didn't need books anymore; they were farmed livestock, with everything provided for them. They had 'bread and circuses.' Remember when the main character found out they had a library, and the girl took him there, and he swept his hand across the shelf, the books dissolving into a dust cloud, from age and neglect? That and the drowning scene earlier, when he was the only one who cared that she was drowning, made him realize what had happened to humanity. In a way, we're like that man, trying to get our fellow citizens to see the value of information they either never hear or ignore if they do.
The Eloi didn't need books anymore; they were farmed livestock, with everything provided for them. They had 'bread and circuses.' Remember when the main character found out they had a library, and the girl took him there, and he swept his hand across the shelf, the books dissolving into a dust cloud, from age and neglect? That and the drowning scene earlier, when he was the only one who cared that she was drowning, made him realize what had happened to humanity. In a way, we're like that man, trying to get our fellow citizens to see the value of information they either never hear or ignore if they do.