Why does wells call the martian spacecraft the thing

Explanation: Wells calls it "The Thing" to give readers the impression that it's almost too terrible to name or describe.

"...came the Thing they were sending to us, the Thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth."

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells.

it is one of the earliest stories to describe a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race.  The novel is narrated in the first person point of view.

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To add tension and build suspense

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Ap3x, and when to show that it could be anything, The War of The Worlds isnt about aliens that invade, it is instead about invaders that we don't fully understand catching global superpowers off guard, so by calling it the Thing H.G Wells subverted the readers expectations and built suspense off of the readers confusion and fear

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gregor's attempts to crawl on the walls