-Discussion Question: Time Traveler by HG Wells

What motivates the time traveler (both in the book and in general)? What sort of person is (s)he? And how does our time traveler in Wells’ book fit in with some of our other science dabblers like Frankenstein, or Deckard, or that guy coming up next week (or take your pick)? How are we left to regard this person who would/ might mess with what has been or what would be