theme

I think the theme of the story is that you shouldn't underestimate things. The martians at first seem to be frigile and weak. They also moved very slow. The people right than had a chance kill them before they could build their machines. When they started building there machines and using there ray the people started to run for thier lives and fearing them. I think thats the theme because there if they would have been causious and studied the martians may be they could have avoided the whole invasion in the first place.