What plot event best illustrates the difference between the narrator's expectations and the reality?

In the passage, it says "Then one of them suddenly asked me a question that showed him to be on the intellectual level of one of our five-year-old children" telling us that the narrator sees them as childlike

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smecloudbird17 smecloudbird17 · Answer 2 · 2022-07-26T15:57:32+02:00

The plot event that best illustrates the difference between the narrator's expectations and the reality is that the inhabitants seem childlike.

What is the theme of The Time Machine?

The main theme of H.G. Wells' book "The Time Machine" is overcoming challenges.

The author described the inhabitants as being childlike when he writes in the paragraph, "Then one of them suddenly asked me a question that showed him to be on the intellectual level of one of our five-year-old children". He relates the inhabitants with five-year-old children which indicates that he thinks they are like children.

Hence, the correct option is A.

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