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2. THE INVISIBLE
MAN

3. LOCATION
Iping , England
in 1890

4. LESSON 4
MR. CUSS INTERVIEWS THE
STRANGER
 VENUE: ‘Coach and Horses’ inn
 Characters:
 1. The strange man(Griffin)
 2. Mrs. Hall ( The Landlady)
 3. Mr. Hall (Landlord)
 4. Mr. Cuss (General practitioner)
 5. Bunting (Vicar)

5. MAIN EVENTS
 The chapter starts with the words of narrator
saying about the circumstances of the arrival of
stranger in the iping and the impression created
by him in the minds of the readers as well as the
villagers.
 Mr. Hall didn’t like the stranger and also doubted
his intentions to come in a remote village like
Iping. Mrs hall didn’t like him either but the
punctual setting of the bill makes her to bear his
irritating behavior.
.

6.  The stranger didn’t go to church and made no
difference between Sunday and the other irreligious
days. Some days he would get up very early and
remains continuously busy while on some days he
would rise late, walks deliberately in the room, smoke
and sleep in his arm chair placed by the fire.
 He had no communication beyond the village. His
temper was very uncertain; sometimes it may seem
that he is suffering under almost endurable
provocation and sometime he tore, broke and crush
things. He seemed under a chronic irritation of the
greatest intensity.

7.  The stranger works diligently in his room until the
end of April with only occasional skirmishes with
Mrs. Hall. Whenever she disapproves of anything
he does, he quiets her with additional payment.
 He rarely goes out during the day, but goes out
nearly every night, muffled up regardless of the
weather. He chooses the loneliest paths and those
which are overshadowed by trees and banks.
 His ghostly appearance had sometimes frightened
the home returning labourers.
.

8.  The young men begin to mock his bearing; a
song called “Bogey Man” becomes popular and
children follow at a distance calling out “Bogey
Man.”

9.  The curiosity of a general practitioner named Cuss
is aroused, and he contrives for an interview. Mr.
Cuss had gone for demanding donation for nurse
fund from the stranger.
 There he saw many bottles, chemicals, test-tubes
balance etc. there he asked him about his research.

10.  During the interview the stranger
accidentally removes his hand from his
pocket. Cuss is able to see down the empty
sleeve to the elbow. Cuss questions him about
“moving an empty sleeve.”
 The stranger laughs, then extends the
empty sleeve toward Cuss’s face and pinches
his nose. Cuss leaves in terror and tells his
story to Bunting, the vicar. Bunting didn’t
believe his story.

11. POINTS TO PONDER
OVER
 “General public wants something to talk about and
explain about”. Explain with reference to the chapter?
 Describe the meeting of Mr. Cuss with the stranger?
 Describe the meeting of Mr. Cuss with Bunting?
 What kind of character Mr. Cuss appear to be?

12. Griffin:
He is the main character in this
story. He is described to be an
albino college student who
majored in physics and medicine.
During his experiments he came
across formulas that causes
himself to turn invisible. He ends
up becoming the burglar in the
story.
CHARACTER
DESCRIPTION

13. Mrs. Hall
 Mrs. Hall, the owner of the inn, appears a worldly woman.
She is a good host and knows very how to let the customer
feel at the home. In spite of getting many snub by the
customer she shows no irritation as she knows that the
customer is minting machine for her. The behavior of the
guest does upset her but she keeps quiet. she is
sympathetic towards the stranger. Seeing the bandages at
his head she thinks that he might have met an accident. She
is ready to help him get settled and comfortable in the room.
She is hard task master also, she knows how to handle her
maid. She gives her a few scolding for being so slow in her
job. Mrs. Hall knows how to get things done.

14.  MR. CUSS
Dr. Cuss is a doctor living in the town of Iping. Intrigued by tales of
a bandaged stranger staying at the Coach and Horses Inn, Dr. Cuss
goes to see him under the pretense of asking for a donation to the
nurse's fund. 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.

15. Tone: Throughout the novel, you get a sense of
mystery, suspense and often a bit of arrogance when
the author was speaking of Griffin.
Theme: Corruption of Morals in the Absence of
Social Restriction
For example: For everything that Griffin did, he had
an excuse for it. When he killed his father he excused
it by saying that he was a “sentimental fool”.
LITERARY
ELEMENTS

16.  Sometimes called the father of modern science fiction, H.G. Wells was
born on September 21, 1866 in Bromley, Kent, England. His father, a
professional cricket player and shopkeeper, and his mother, a former
lady's maid, raised Wells with the idea that he would find a place in the
work world that they were accustomed. He aspired to a different place
in society.
 When he was thirteen, he left school to become a draper's apprentice, a
job his family expected would be proper for a boy of his station. Then
H.G. Wells finally found a job as a teacher's assistant in a grammar
school. Education and academia suited him well. In 1884 he entered
college with a scholarship to study biology. He was able to study under
BIOGRAPHY- HG WELLS

17. After reading the story, I think it is
very queer and amazing. At the
beginning, the author doesn’t make the
entire story clear, which make readers
have a lot of questions. Just like how
the invisible man became invisible and
what he wanted to do? All these
questions will make you continue to
read it and yearn for knowing the
result. In this story, the invisible
man wanted to control the world. In
order to realize his dream, he did it
by hook or by crook. Finally he became
lonely and no one wanted to help him
since he was dangerous and ambitious.
The story tells us no one can live
against the world. And you can’t live
without any friends. So how to get
along with others and develop a good
personality which make others like you
is important. By the way, don’t dream
to be an invisible man. It isn’t fun at
all.
After thought

18. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
It was a good read, and exceptionally short. The
story depicts that obsession of just about
anything can cause insanity; it caused a
fictional character to kill and rob innocent
people only because he was invisible.
The Invisible Man was a good quality science-
fiction book, and I would recommend it to my
peers.

19. BY : BINAY
KUMAR
CLASS: 12 ‘A’
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