Question

someone help me plz

Answer 1

It was at ten o'clock to-day that the first of all Time Machines began its career. I gave it a last tap, tried all the screws again, put one more drop of oil on the quartz rod, and sat myself in the saddle. . . . I took the starting lever in one hand and the stopping one in the other, pressed the first, and almost immediately the second. I seemed to reel; I felt a nightmare sensation of falling; and, looking round, I saw the laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened? For a moment I suspected that my intellect had tricked me. Then I noted the clock. A moment before, as it seemed, it had stood at a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half-past three!

Why would a writer create a story with a time machine in it?
to show that time machines are not real
to show that some inventors are foolish
to compare and contrast two time periods
to compare and contrast life on two planets<<--- my answer

Answer 2

I would say it was c. Reason being, a time machine takes you to a different time. So you can compare the time period in which you live with a different time period. Sorry if this makes no sense. Just my thought.