Invisible man

INVISIBLE MAN
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‘A Quick View’

 Griffin : The Invisible Man. He is an albino college student who had changed his area of
study from medicine to physics and had become interested in refractive indexes of
tissue. During his studies he stumbled across formulas that would render tissue invisible.
Eventually he tries the formula on himself, thinking of all the things he could do if he
were invisible. Unfortunately, the conveniences are far outweighed by the
disadvantages; Griffin turns to crime as a means of survival.
 Thomas Marvel : The first character whom Griffin tries to use as an accomplice. Mr.
Marvel is short, fat, and a loner. He is the area tramp. Griffin perhaps also thinks that he
is a little stupid and will thus not be able to resist and will not be believed if he tries to
tell anyone about his predicament.
 Dr. Kemp : A former associate of Griffin’s in his college days. Griffin had been a student
and knew Kemp to be interested in bizarre, and idiosyncratic aspects of science. It is to
Kemp’s house that Griffin goes in his final attempt to find an accomplice and live a more
normal life. Kemp, however, has no particular sense of loyalty to a former student and is
not prepared to participate in Griffin’s grand schemes. He is also more deceitful than

 The Halls : Proprietors of the Coach & Horses. Mrs. Hall is the one who is primarily in
charge. She is happy enough to leave Griffin alone so long as her money is coming in on
time. Her husband is more suspicious but does not interfere until Griffin’s behavior
starts to become obvious.
 Teddy Henfrey : A clock repairman who happens to visit the inn for a cup of tea. Mrs.
Hall takes advantage of him to try to find out about her strange guest. Because the
stranger will not talk, Teddy convinces himself that the man is someone of a “suspicious”
nature. Teddy begins the rumors about the man being wanted by the police and merely
wrapping himself up to conceal his identity.
 Fearenside : A cartman who delivers luggage from the station whenever he is needed.
He notices darkness through a torn pant leg where there should be pink flesh and starts
the stories of Griffin being either a black man or a piebald.

 Cuss : A general practitioner who attempts to get an interview with Griffin.
He is the first to realize he actually see emptiness where there should be flesh
and bone. He also tells an outrageous story to his companions in town after
Griffin terrifies him by pinching his nose with an invisible hand.
 Mr. And Mrs. Bunting : Bunting is the vicar. Cuss takes his story to Bunting. The next
evening Bunting and his wife hear noise in their house after they have gone to bed.
They are able to hear someone sneeze, and their money disappears right before their
eyes.
 Huxter; Wadgers : The blacksmith
 Jaffers : The village constable
 The mariner; Colonel Adye : Chief of Burdock Police

Summary- A very quick view
Chapter 1- 4
The stranger who wrapped up from head to foot came early one winter’s day in
February. He lived in the inn without giving a name. Although the room was warn,
the stranger didn’t want to put off his hat and coat. He always held the napkin over
the lower part of his face. The top of his head above his blue glasses was covered by
a white bandage, and that another covered his ears, leaving nothing of his face to
be seen except his pink, pointed nose.
Sometimes the innkeeper’s wife, Mrs Hall, tried to talk to him, but it seemed that
the stranger didn’t enjoy the company of others. He usually locked himself in the
room and watched out the window. One thing he only cared was his boxes which
he put at the station. After some days, his boxes arrived. The stranger came down
the steps and picked up the smaller case. Suddenly the carrier’s dog growled and
bit him. He got hurt, but he didn’t want anybody to see his wound.

There were many bottles and books in
the case. After the stranger put all of
things in order, he started to work and
locked himself in the room again. He
hasn’t gone out for a long time, he just
worked and worked. One day the
doctor, Cuss, was determined to visit
the stranger. Cuss knocked at the door
and entered. After ten minutes later,
the doctor ran out the room with white
face. He told to the vicar that the
stranger had no arm under his sleeve.
Wow!! That was so unbelievable!!

Chapter 5-8
In Whit Monday morning, Mr and Mrs Hall heard a voice downstairs. They woke up but they
didn’t see anyone. They heard the drawer was opened, and then their found out that
housekeeping money was stolen! Almost at the same time, they found the stranger wasn’t in his
room. Mr and Mrs Hall called the police. They suspected that the thief was the stranger.
Not long after, the stranger was angry because everybody doubted that he is the thief. The
stranger took off his hat, his coat and his nose was rolling on the floor. The stranger looked
almost invisible. Everybody was shocked a lot.
The policemen tried to catch the stranger, but he took off his last shirt and ran away. The
invisible man caught a man, and instigated him go back to the inn to help him get his coat and
hat back.

Chapter 9-13
Mr Cuss and Mr Bunting were discussing about the invisible man’s
books, and the invisible man suddenly appeared , holding their
necks. The invisible man said that if they want to leave safely , they
should do what he said.
Mr Cuss and Mr Bunting’s clothes were taken away by the
invisible man. Although Mr Huxter and Mr Hall tried to help them
catch Mr Marvel who ran with their clothes. But they still couldn’t
defeat the invisible man!
After running a long way, Mr Marvel was extremely tired, and he
thought he couldn’t run anymore! But the invisible man said that
he will “help” him run faster!

Next morning, Mr Marvel found himself
sitting outside a inn at Port Stowe. After a
few minutes, he was talking about the
invisible man with a sailor. As he was
telling something about the invisible man
to the sailor, he suddenly felt that the
invisible man was standing beside him. So
he quickly stopped and went away.
When Dr Kemp were admiring the rich
golden colour of the sunset. He saw Mr
Marvel running fast , and he thought the
man must in a hurry. But he found there
were something strange…………..

Chapter 11-14
The doorbell rang, but there was no body.
Kemp continued his work. Then he went
down to dining room in search of a drink
as a result of his thirsty. His ability of
noticing things quickly made him saw a
dark spot on the floor when he crossed the
hill. He seemed to hear a low voice said
“help me!-Kemp” It was hard to believe for
him. The voice said to him that he was
Griffin. But Kemp laughed. It’s impossible.
How could a man become invisible? They
all calmed down for a while. Kemp
understood a little more about the
invisible man by his story in the paper.
And Griffin told him the story of his
scientific experiments to make Kemp
know how and why he became invisible.

A few years ago, he found which do to
the human flesh what the oil does to the
paper, which holds up the light. It is as
if he had taken powdered glass and
turned it back into the unbroken
glass of that window. After years of
care and working in secret, he had
on money to do anything. He had
robbed his father. And then he had no
idea to know how to do. It came to his
mind was “Disappear”. It was all done
that day.

Chapter 15-18
The invisible man told Kemp his plan that he
was going to leave the country. Because the
invisible man said:” if we are to make any use
of being invisible, we must start by killing.”
Kemp couldn’t agree it, so they had an
argument. When they went talking, the chief
of Burdock police and two policemen arrived.
Kemp wanted to lock the invisible man in the
room, but it failed. The invisible man was
gone.
Kemp took sometime to explain to Colonel
Adye what had happened. They decided to
catch him in every possible way. And they
needed dogs because dogs could smell him.
People who live in the town heightened
vigilance.

Before night the whole country was on guard and also
before night came news of the murder oh Mr
Wicksteed. Somewhere on the road the invisible man
must have picked up an iron bar.
Mr Wicksteed, a quiet, harmless man on his way
home from work had seen an iron bar walking by
itself, and had turned to follow it. Perhaps the invisible
man imagined that he was one of hunter. So he
attacked him, broke his arm, knock him down and
beat his head to pieces.
The invisible man must known he was a hunted
man. Kemp was reading a strange letter. It said Kemp
will be dead today. Kemp thought that the invisible
man wrote it. So he rang the bell for his servant, and
told her to go round the house immediately, and see
that all the windows were shut.

And Ayde came and found that Kemp’s
servant was attacked.
They discussed how to catch the
invisible man and did it. But then the
invisible man killed Ayde. And the
invisible man managed came in Kemp’s
house. And policemen also arrived.
They started a fight. At last Kemp
escaped, and the invisible man run after
him.

Chapter 22…
Finally Kemp caught the invisible man with
a crowd of people’s help. Those people used
spades and sticks to help him. But the
invisible man was dying. And the invisible
man became more solid every moment.
They covered his angry and fearful face.
Griffin, the first of all men to make himself
invisible, ended his strange and terrible life.
END.

Q&A
1. Dr Kemp comes out a character with great grit and determination. Also bring out the qualities that make
him different from Griffin.
 Kemp comes out as a man of grit and determination because he was the first person who analysed the existence of the
Invisible Man without any trace of or apprehension. He was a well qualified scientist who was working on a project which he
hoped would win him a fellowship of Royal Society. This tall and slender young man with flaxen hair and almost white
moustache had a rational and logical approach to the happenings around him. Thus he scoffed at the idea of the invisible Man
and those who believed in the existence of such an absurd being were looked upon by him with contempt. Mr Kemp was a
keen observer and a self confident scientist who examined the first traces of the Invisible Man’s presence in his house/ On
coming face to face with him, Kemp did not get startled. He never lost his cool and in a very calm and composed manner, he
heard Griffin’s entire story with patience and assured to respect his freedom. However when he came down to his study and
read all the reports about the Invisible Man as printed by the newspapers, he sent a word to the police chief, Colonel Adye to
come and arrest this criminal;. Kemp’s determination to check any potential threat to the society and his grot to contain the
unchecked terror caused by the Invisible Man was thus fully established. However this breach of trust on the part of Kemp in
no way be called a betrayal because he took this step in the larger interest of the welfare of the society. The manner in which
he arranged and organized the arrest of Griffin also indicates the dominance of his moral strength over any other human
weakness. Of course his chicken-heartedness’ is indicated a t one stage in the story when he leaves behind the two policemen
and escapes quietly from his house, but this action later becomes part of his strategy to get the Invisible Man arrested. (In
college Kemp was Griffin’s senior, but Kemp was not violent or given to fits of madness, he not impulsive and had a logical
thinking. On the other had Griffin, because of his boundless ambition became anti-social and isolated himself from rest of the
world. In his pursuit he loses his humanity and allows himself to become a slave of negative forces. Inspite of his negativity,
Griffin emerges as the central, the pivotal character of the story, Dr Kemp is side-lined. It so happens to some extent because of
his escapist nature and lack of courage.) Thus Kemp earns the admiration of the readers for the qualities of grit and
determination that employs to rescue everyone from the evil Invisible Man.
 C.B.S.E Board Point of view
Carry 4-6 marks

2. Griffin was a brilliant scientist but a depraved human. Draw a pen-portrait of Griffin in this context.
 Griffin was a very intelligent and hard working scientist who put in all heart and soul into his research. He worked
with a focused mind and stopped at nothing short in pursuit of his scientific goal to achieve invisibility. Unfortunately
his passion warped into an obsession and he stooped to pits of depravity. Griffin was a student of medicine at the
University College where he won a medal for excellence in chemistry. He was almost an albino, six feet high and broad
with a pink and white face and red eyes. His keen interest in light drew him to physics. Fascinated by optical density, he
moved to Chesilstowe after leaving London. At that time he was twenty two years old and full of enthusiasm. He worked
as a lecturer in a provincial college with his superiors and his peers, he worked stealthily so that he wouldn’t have to
share the credit of his work with anybody. He cut himself off from normal social life and withdrew into the dark
interiors of selfishness. His poverty drove him to the extent of robbing his own father, creating such a situation that that
the old man had to commit suicide in order to escape humiliation. The lack of remorse at the death of his father was a
firm point when this otherwise brilliant scientist turned into a self-centred, selfish and callous man. Throwing to winds
all ethics and morality, Griffin grew short tempered, intolerant and vindictive. He finally succeeded in his ambition but
the unforeseen problems that were generated because of his invisible condition compelled him to move to Imping, a
remote village. Embittered by his pseudo success Griffin continued to fall morally. He made life miserable for the people
of Imping, especially that of the Hall couple. He resorted to theft robbery, and terror to proclaim a false sense of
superiority. The absence of humane sensitivity in Griffin became clear when he forced a vulnerable Marvel to be his
accomplice. The brutal manner in which he killed Wicksteed and chased Kemp to avenge treachery marked the
eventual destruction of goodness ,mercy and kindness that are trademark of an intelligent scientist. Therefore Griffin’s
character comes out more as a wicked, crazy and heinous criminal than a responsible scientist.

3. What forced Griffin to become ‘a bandaged caricature of a man’ a wrapped up mystery?
 Due to his invisibility, Griffin could not go out in the cold. The falling snow would create an outline of his
body thus detecting his presence. The cold would also make him sneeze and the imprints of his feet in the mud
would also show. In this condition, being invisible he would get hit by people could also get run over by
carriages. In order to get himself some clothes and a face mask he entered a costume shop. The owner
suspecting his presence chased him all over the place. Griffin had to gag the owner and came out dressed like a
theatrical character. As he could not eat in public without exposing his face, he had to leave his meal in a
public restaurant untouched. He had to satiate his hunger at an ordinary place. Indeed he was wrapped up all
over and looked quite a mystery to everyone
4. Ambition if not checked can cloud the judgement of the person and bring his doom. Justify in the light of
the novel the Invisible Man.
 The central character of the story Griffin is a psychopathic scientist. He had this ambition to become powerful
and rule the world. He works day and night on the theory of invisibility. In his desperation to e, he robbed his
own father, who commits suicide. He is immersed in himself that he loses all sense of right and wrong. He cut
himself off from everyone else, whom he felt was not need or was useless to him. Once in order to hide his
work he even set fire to the house where he was working. He became violent when he felt he was being
suspected. He tends to misuse his indivisibility and all his activities lead him nowhere and finally he meets his
end in tragic circumstances.

5. Highlighting the facts from the novel, how can you say that the Invisible man is against traditional moral
values? Griffin stands for science without humanity. Substantiate.
 In the novel, the writer seems to highlight the modern man going astray, digressing from the path
of righteousness against traditional moral values. Griffin symbolises the careless youngsters of
today who can go to any extent to satisfy their desires and ambition. Griffin was I college when he
became so involved with his extraordinary experiments, he kept them a secret. Griffin had initially
robbed his own father to further his project. His father committed suicide, but Griffin remained
unaffected and unrepentant over the folly. He was after his dream of becoming invisible without
visualizing the consequences of his obsession. Initially he had not planned to try the experiments on
himself. The Jewish landlord and the neighbour lady forced him to hide his work. Griffin comes out
in the novel as a wayward irresponsible character who does not care about anyone and destroys the
peaceful harmony of a village community. He is an antisocial being devoid of human values. almost
goes to the extent of madness and just takes advantage of anyone and of any situation. He becomes
a scheming mind devoid of any scruples just reason without any religion at all. He never goes to
church on Sunday, this quite upsets the villages. Without trace of humanity he al logic and nothing
else. The writer Wells directly attacks the fast life of London City. Every individual seems to be lost.
The unfeeling uncaring character of the big city leaves Griffin also hurt. He feels he has no one to
call his own, with whom he could open his heart and share his feelings.

6. Write about Mr and Mrs Hall.
 Mr George Hall is the hen-pecked husband of Mrs Hall and assist in running the inn ‘Coaches and
Horses’. He is a drunkard who cannot be entrusted with responsibilities. However he is not careless or
casual. He rushes to the inn when Teddy Hendry tells him about the strange guest that his wife has taken in.
Similarly he rushes to check in the well-being of the invisible Man he is bitten by Ferenside’s dog. In
Imping, he was the first one to notice that Griffin, the mysterious man was invisible. The incident when a
dog bites Griffin and his glove is torn happened in front of Mr Hall. He followed Griffin to his room to
discover the handless man as it appears to Hall. Mrs Jenny Hall is the owner of the inn ‘Coaches and Horses’.
She is friendly, simple, down to earth kind of lady. The first impression that she creates presents her in an
unpleasant light. She rents the inn parlour to a stranger without bothering about his credentials simply
because he projects himself as a rich customer. At this point she appears to be an opportunist and money-
minded woman. She loves and enjoys talking to her guests. However the manner in which she puts up with
the rude behaviour of Griffin shows that she was actually a very polite hostess who took her duty seriously.
She goes out her way to make her guests comfortable. Her courteous behaviour and her hospitality win the
appreciation of the readers. Mrs Hall is quite perturbed by the behaviour of the stranger. She also does not
know what to do with his ill temper. But her polite temperament does not make her weak in any way. When
the Invisible Man crosses all limits of etiquettes, Mrs Hall firmly puts her foot down. She does take a strong
hand when she refuses to offer any food, till she had received her dues. She stands up courageously against
the arrogant Griffin. She charts her way without letting even her husband to influence her. Mrs Hall can
thus be considered as an independent businesswoman who is capable of taking her decisions without any
support or assistance from others.

7. The title of the novel The Invisible Man ’.
 The Invisible Man’ is a celebrated story by H.G. Wells about a brilliant scientist whose over ambition and
lust for unchallengeable power led him to dissociate himself from his brethren and eventually caused his
downfall . The story of the novel revolves around Griffin’s invention that helped him to disappear from the
eyes of his fellow being and the consequences of invisibility. The entire plot is woven with episodes that
describe the uncompromising efforts made by Griffin to accomplish his dream and his failure to handle the
subsequent situations. The novel opens with the appearance of the Invisible Man in the ‘Coach and Horses’
which is followed by the curiosity and commotion that he created in Imping. His encounter with Marvel, the
burglary and thefts that he commits, his plan to unleash a reign of terror and his unrelenting motives to destroy
peace and harmony are the various developments through which the story establishes its title – ‘The Invisible
Man’. Every episode and each event point towards the Invisible Man and his doings and misdoings. His
eccentric obsession with invisibility and his pleasure at terrorizing the vulnerable villagers points out to the
reader that the story is all about an invisible man. Since the novel vividly traces the invention, the advantages
and the disadvantages of invisibility, the title ‘the Invisible Man’ becomes an apt title for the novel.
8. Who Was Professor Oliver? How did he make Griffins’ life miserable?
 Oliver was a professor in the provincial College at Chesilstowe where Griffin started with his teaching career
as well as research to find a formula for invisibility. Oliver was a man without principles. When he learnt that
Griffin was working on an unusual protect, this u scrupulous man tried to grab credit for the research. His
prying nature caused problems for Griffin and he made his life miserable by repeatedly asking him about the
time when he would publish his work. Oliver, being a scientific bounder and a journalist by instinct, wanted to
rob Griffin of his ideas. He harassed and victimized this young scientist by posing innumerable difficulties. He
was a mean calculating and unscrupulous person who instead of helping out his junior attempted utmost to
exploit him and drive him crazy by obstructing his work.

9. Describe the final chase where the hunter is Hunted’. What do you learn from it?
 The final chase begins with Kemp running in terror of the Invisible Man, to his neighbour Mr Heelas’ house.
Mr Heelas who already heard about Mr Kemp being chased by the Invisible Man refuses to give him
refuge in his house. Forced to run again, Kemp ran wherever with all his might. All along he saw houses
locked and barred by hi sown orders. He, in his terror, imagined footsteps behind him, he even thought of jumping
into a passing tram. At that time he was hit under the car and went reeling towards his unseen antagonist, hit under
the jaw again and sprawled on the ground. A couple of eager hands gripped his throat. Kemp grasped the wrists and
heard a cry of pain from his assailants. The grip at his throat relaxed and with a tremendous effort, Kemp freed
himself and grasped a shoulder and rolled over it. “I have got him”, Kemp screamed “Help, Help! -Hold! Hold his feet.
In a second there was a rush and Kemp could hear only sounds of blows and heavy breathing. The Invisible Man
threw him off a couple of his attackers but Kemp clung on to him. The tram conductor suddenly got the neck and
shoulder and hit hard. A wild scream Mercy! Mercy!” was heard and Kemp shouted at men to ‘stand back’ as the men
was hurt. Kemp examined the thing unseen on the ground. People were now coming out of the houses. Very little was
said by anyone. Suddenly an old woman pointed at the outline of a hand limb and opaque. Slowly the strange change
continued and along he limbs the vital centres of the Invisible Man appeared soon. They saw his crushed chest, his
shoulders and the dim outline of his drawn and battered features. There lay naked and pitiful o the ground the
bruised and broken body of a young man about thirty. His hair and brow were white- not grey with age because he
was an albino and his eyes were like garnets. His hands were clenched, eyes wide open, his expression was one of
anger and dismay. Someone brought a sheet from the ‘Jolly Cricketers’ and having covered him, they carried him into
that house. And there Griffin the worlds most gifted physicist that the world has ever seen, ended in disaster his
strange and terrible career. At the end of the novel, though sorry for Griffin we do not feel any sympathy. He lived
violently and died a violent death. He showed no mercy to people he met and the same fate waited him. It also makes
one think that science if not used for the service of mankind is evil and is without humanity. Griffin paid a heavy
price for using science without humanity for his own l and selfish ends. He becomes inhuman and loses all rights to

10. What impression do you form about Colonel Adye after reading the novel?
 Colonel Adye was the Chief of Police in Burdock. He was a dutiful officer who worked conscientiously
and according to the demands of the situations. He responded promptly and fearlessly to Dr Kemp’s call to
arrest the invisible man. Adye also had the will to take quick and wise decisions. He knew that it would not
be an easy task to capture Griffin single-handedly, so he decided to get hounds that could sniff and locate
the Invisible Man. This venture was indeed an act of bravery because he knew very well that Griffin was
present in the compound of the house and could harm him. But a fearless person like Adye could not be
intimidated by any threat. He turned around with alacrity to overpower the Invisible Man when the latter
tried to move him back into Kemp’s house. Another quality of Adye was his simple and trusting nature
which is revealed when he follows all the instructions given by Kemp to arrest the Invisible Man. At the
same time, his moral uprightness does surface when he opposes Kemp’s suggestion to spread powdered
glass along the path that was expected to be followed by the Invisible Man. But Adye believed that the idea
was to injure, by treachery, was unsportsmanlike’. He was a courageous n and he had immense faith in his
ability to capture the culprit solely by his power, this he did not wish to resort to any other ways. Towards
the end, the shooting down of Adye by the Invisible Man, evokes both sympathy and admiration for his
sincere, committed and brave officer.

11. Different traits of Mr Heelas.
 Mr Heelas was Dr Kemps next door neighbour. He declared that he could not believe what
he could not see. Thus, he rubbished all the reports and rumours about the invisible man. To
prove his stance on the existence of an invisible being, he purposely ventured outdoors
thereby defying the proclaimed threat from the Invisible Man. However, after he was
convinced about the presence of the invisible man, Heelas behaved in the most cowardly way.
He who had always announced his boldness and bravery, was the first to run for his life. He
dashed as fast as his legs could carry him into the safety of his house. He closed all the
windows and doors surely. At the same time he exhibited his moral weakness when he denied
help to Kemp by reusing to let him in the house to escape from infuriated Griffin. Heelas
slammed the doors in the face of Kemp and refused to render any help only to reveal his true
character. Heelas was a mean, thoughtless and selfish man as opposed to his projection as a
person who believed only what he saw. Heelas had no principles and ethical values, hence the
reader develops a strong dislike for him. He comes put as the kind of man who just focused on
saving his own skin and was devoid of any humane obligation.

 Important Ones
1. What impression id Mrs Hall form about the stranger’s appearance and behaviour?
 Mrs Hall was a very observant person. Hence, despite all her joy getting a client for her inn
during the winter season, none of the oddities of his appearance and behaviour escaped her
notice. When he appeared at the inn, Mrs Hall found her guest all wrapped up from head to foot
in his coat, hat, muffler and gloves. The brim of his soft hat hid his face considerably. Only his
shiny, pink nose stood out conspicuously on his non-descript face. Later, when he removed his
hat, she found his head bandaged all over. His thick black strands of hair showed themselves her
and there lending him a very shabby and strange appearance. His big blue spectacles with
sidelights completely concealed his eyes. Apart from his strange appearance his behaviour was
also eccentric. He refused to part with his wet clothes, talked to the ‘lady from behind a table
napkin, and displayed an utter reluctance to enter into any sort of conversation with her. Mrs
Hall formed a very negative impression about both the appearance and the behaviour of the
strange man.

2. Assess the character of Marvel, the tramp
Or
Do you consider Marvel to be a smart turncoat?
 Thomas Marvel was a short, fat tramp who sported a shabby hat and thrived on charity. He was lazy
and did not show any intention to work hard for improving his life. Griffin did not have a very high
opinion about Marvel’s abilities, still he made him his accomplice because Marvel was an obvious
weakling who could be easily intimidated. His cowardice did not let him defy Griffins commands.
Surprisingly, this apparently good-for-nothing fellow managed to cheat a wicked and dangerously
evil man like Griffin. But this act does not make him a turncoat in any way because he assisted
Griffin much against his own wish. He was a simple person, ill-equipped in every sense, as
compared to the all powerful Invisible Man. He had no choice but to obey each order coming from
his self proclaimed master. Marvel was more of a slave than an accomplice in crime. When he
succeeded in sneaking away, it was actually to save his life. Of course towards the end he does show
smartness by hiding the entire money and the three books of Griffin. However, he exhibits his keen
business acumen by wisely investing this money to open an inn. His decision to name this venture
after the Invisible Man again shows that Marvel knew how to turn circumstances in his favour. He
never revealed to anyone that the three books off Griffin were n his possession. He pondered over
them in private trying to figure out the coded message. But once again this was done for survival
than treachery. Rthus it would not be fair to consider Marvel a ‘turncoat’.

3. Discuss the major thematic concern of the writer in the novel ‘The Invisible Man’.
 ‘The Invisible man’ is a celebrated story by H.G. Wells about a brilliant scientist whose over ambition and
lust for unchallengeable power led him to dissociate himself from his brethren and eventually caused
his downfall. The story derives into the them of unregulated human aspirations and follies leading to wasted
lives. Griffin was a young science student at the University College. He was a six feet albino ,, lacking pigment
in skin, hair and eyes. He won a medal for excellence in Chemistry but his fascination for light made him drop
medicine and he then took up physics. He pursued an unrealistic ambition to find a formula that could make a
living being invisible. He followed his target with insane persistence because of which he withdrew himself
from everything that could associate him with a normal life. His selfish nature hindered him from sharing the
credit of his work with anybody else. He worked singlehandedly and was therefore always alone in his great
moments’. He worked in isolation for three long years with absolutely cramped means. Eventually he found it
impossible to complete this research because of paucity of money. His obsession with invisibility stripped him
of all human emotions and he stooped so low as to rob his own father driving him to commit suicide. An
utterly selfish and self centred Griffin did not feel any remorse and slowly turned from bad to worse. His over
ambition hurled him from the summit of success to the abyss of total disaster and his lust for power and money
stripped him of all ethics. More time passed and Griffin finally attained invisibility. This non-human form
further cut him from his kind and he resorted to illicit means to provide himself with food and clothing. He
robbed, he stole, he hit people, gagged them and terrorized with the intention of letting loose a reign of terror.
His untamed ambition and desire and unlimited power made him absolutely inhuman and heartless. An
intelligent scientist, who could have made the world a better place, instead became a menace. The downfall
caused by his inappropriate desires eventually drove him to his death at the hands of the people. Thus the story
of the Invisible Man poignantly elucidates the theme of selfishness, isolation and over ambition leading to the
irrevocable destruction of a capable life.

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