He is driven to write this story in part by a desire to rehash the horrifying experience he underwent while trying to find his wife amidst the chaos of the Martian invasion. This tendency to emotionally withdraw from reality is characteristic of the narrator, who later writes, “At times I suffer from the strangest sense of detachment from myself and the world about me.” Of course, his ability to identify this psychological coping mechanism is evidence of the fact that he is also a thoughtful and reflective person.
After observing the damage the Martians are capable of inflicting, he rushes home to his wife, whom he tries to calm despite his own fears about these dangerous creatures. He is particularly well-equipped to narrate this tale because he personally witnesses the arrival of the first Martians. Because of this, the story he recounts doesn’t focus solely on the scientific explanations of alien life, but on his experience (and on his brother’s experience) of the Martian invasion. Nonetheless, he takes measures to make sure readers know that he’s chiefly a philosophical writer, not a scientist.
The narrator describes himself as a “professed and recognized writer on philosophical themes.” He is an intellectually curious, open-minded person who possesses more scientific knowledge than the average civilian. A man who tells the story of the Martian invasion.
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