Cody Heintz

The books Caesar's Column, Connticut Yankee and Looking Backwards dealt with society's problems with the use of Science Fiction. The society that these book were written in was one of unrest and uncertainty. There was unrest because of the disparity of wages between those of the upper class and lower class. It was a time of uncertainty because there were many recessions and workers strikes during this period as well. Two major themes from the three works are class division and the importance of technology. The books dealt with these problems in a variety of ways such as time travel and settings in an alternate reality.
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