What evidence from the novel the war of the worlds supports the theme that human vanity can lead to trouble? A. But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminous disks — like eyes. B. The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety — their mathematical learning is evidently far in excess of ours — and to have carried out their preparations with a well-nigh perfect unanimity. C. No writer up to the very end of the nineteenth century expressed any idea that intelligent life might have developed there far, or indeed at all, beyond its earthly level. D. It required a certain amount of scientific education to perceive that the grey scale of the Thing was no common oxide, that the yellowish-white metal that gleamed in the crack between the lid and the cylinder had an unfamiliar hue.

C. No writer up to the very end of the nineteenth century expressed any idea that intelligent life might have developed there far, or indeed at all, beyond its earthly level.

Explanation:

H. G. Wells' science-fictional novel "War of the Worlds" is one of the very first stories ever written about any form of conflict between humans and extraterrestrial beings/ aliens. Presenting the novel as a narrative form through the eyes of a young man in London, the plot revolves around a sudden Martian attack on Earth.

One of the themes of the novel i that human vanity 'refused' or failed to acknowledge the presence of an extraterrestrial being out in the vast universe. This idea is supported when the author comments that "no writer up to the very end of the nineteenth century expressed any idea that intelligent life might have developed (anywhere outside of human existence)." This means that humans think highly of themselves that they didn't think any creature exists or can exist and didn't even think about it even in the nineteenth century.

Thus, the correct answer is option C.

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.