Time Machine Essay

I have a week to work on this Essay and i thought i would see what some other people thought, here is the topic: [I]The Time Machine[I] contains a complex explanation of how humanity degenerated into the Morlocks and the Eloi of the future. Examine this theory in detail, and describe the process by which the fictional time-traveler and the real Wells determined what had happened. Which theories, and what kind of reasoning do they use? Keep in mind that the time-traveler makes an inference based on his observations; Wells, on the other hand, speculates about possible future. Thank you for any insite you can give.