This is a PowerPoint presentation prepared by me on the story " The Invisible Man " by H.G. Wells

1. Note-Click on the topics to continue.

2. H.G. Wells (Herbert George
Wells) was born on 21
September 1866. He was an
English writer. Prolific in
many genres, he wrote more
than fifty novels and dozens
of short stories. His non-
fiction output included works
of social commentary,
politics, history, popular
science, satire, biography,
and autobiography. Wells is

3. In the story of The Invisible Man, a mysterious man
goes to a village called Iping, which is in the middle of
a snowstorm. He then stays in an inn that is owned and
run by the husband and wife George and Janny Hall.
They ask him to not be worried about the storm, so he
goes to his room with his luggage. This man’s name is
Griffin, a scientist, who usually spends his time in his
room experimenting with different chemicals and
formulas.
He is an introverted guy, which becomes a huge
problem as he lives in a town where the there is a lot
of gossip.

4. But things become worse when the owner Janny Hall
asks him to pay up his overture rent or leave. So, he
gets depressed and frustrated, taking off all his
bandages and clothes and manages to disappear into
the night with his invisibility tricks.
Griffin then forces Thomas Marvel, a tramp, or
migrant worker by profession, to become his
assistant. But Marvel betrays him and takes him to
the police, so Griffin runs away again. The Invisible
Man beats them up and wreaks some major havoc
while leaving.
While he is on the run again, Griffin happens to meet

5. Here’s the gist of what he tells him: he was poor and
was desperate to study invisibility, so he steals money
from his father, who later commits suicide (it’s not
revealed why he does that). Finally, Griffin gets a grip
of the idea of invisibility and proceeds to do these
things: set his landlord’s building on fire; wander
around London; rob a department store; and wear a
ridiculous outfit hired from a theatrical costume shop
and go to Iping for work.
But soon Kemp realizes that Griffin has gone berserk,
and hands him over to the police.
But Griffin still breaks through the police line and

6.  Griffin
He is the Invisible Man. Primarily an albino college
student, he changes his area of study from medicine to
physics and then becomes interested in refractive
indexes of tissue. While studying, he stumbles across
formulae that would make body tissues invisible. Finally,
he successfully tries the formula on himself and thinks
about all the things he could do if he were invisible. Sadly,
the positives are far outweighed by the disadvantages, so
Griffin starts opting for crime as a means of survival.
 Mr Marvel
This is the first character that Griffin makes his
assistant and uses as a partner in crime. Mr Marvel is a
short, fat loner who is the area tramp. Griffin thinks that
he stupid and so trusts him by believing that he will not be
believed even if he tries to tell anyone about his
predicament.

7.  The Halls
Proprietors of the Coach & Horses. Mrs Hall is primarily in
charge. She is someone who will leave Griffin alone as long
as she gets her money on time. But her husband is more
apprehensive but avoids interfering until Griffin’s erratic
behavior starts becoming obvious.
 Teddy Henfrey
Teddy is a clock repairman who visits the inn for a cup of
tea. Mrs Hall finds a way to take advantage of him and get
some information about her strange guest. Since the
stranger does not talk, Teddy convinces himself that the
man has a “suspicious” nature. He also starts spreading
rumors that the man is wanted by the police and merely
does this to conceal his own identity.

8.  Fearenside
A cartman whose job is to deliver luggage from the
required stations. He is the one who notices darkness
through a torn pant leg where he should ideally be seeing
some pink flesh. So, he spreads stories that Griffin is
either a black man or a piebald.
 Cuss
A general practitioner who wants to interview Griffin as
he realizes that he actually saw emptiness where there
should be flesh and bone. He begins telling despicable
stories to his friends in town when Griffin scares him by
using his invisible hand for pinching his nose.

9.  Dr Kemp
Griffin’s former associate from his college days. As
students, Griffin was aware that even Kemp was keen
about strange and idiosyncratic aspects of science.
Griffin actually goes to Kemp’s house in his final attempt
to find an accomplice and start leading a more normal life.
Kemp; however, does not have a sense of loyalty to his
former student and is not willing to be a part of Griffin’s
grand schemes. He is also quite cunning and lands up
betraying the invisible man by pretending to support
Griffin’s experiments.
 Huxter; Wadgers
The Blacksmith
 Jaffers