War of the Worlds

The novel War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells, would best fit the free response prompt revolving around how violence relates to a character or theme. Throughout the entire book, aliens are killing human beings left and right, leaving nothing but ruins in their wake. The book presented humans as vulnerable and weak compared to the alien species that was invading Earth, installing a sense of helplessness in humanity due to the inevitable massacre that was slowly approaching. The theme of War of the Worlds seems to be development. The aliens were what the human race could become, intelligent beings that were also the bringers of death and destruction. With this theme, you can assume H.G. Wells wanted humanity to see what we could become and try to change our ways so we don't destroy each other and the world around us, to save ourselves from our self induced violence.