And invisible to me because it was so remote and small, flying swiftly and steadily towards me across that
incredible distance, drawing nearer every minute by so
many thousands of miles, came the Thing they were
sending to us, the thing that was to bring so much
struggle and calamity and death to the earth.
Why does Wells call the Martian spacecraft "the Thing"?
A. Because he thinks it is unimportant to the story
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B. Because he doesn't fully understand what it is yet
C. Because he wants to provide a good description of it
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D. Because he is trying to give it a proper name