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THE INVISIBLE MAN
THE INVISIBLE MAN
BY PRATYUSH
Title: The Invisible Man
Author: H.G Wells
Publishing Info: Dover Publications INC
Date: First Edition was published in
1897
BOOK INFO
SETTING
Iping,
England in 1890
L E SS ON 4M R . C U SS I N T E RVI E W S
T HE S T R AN G E R
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)
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.
.
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.
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.
.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
POINTS TO PONDER OVER
General public wants something to talk
about and explain about. Explain
with refrence 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?
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 expirements he came across formulas that causes himself to turn invisible. He ends up becoming the burglar in the story.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
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
behaviour 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 scoldings
for being so slow in her job. Mrs. Hall knows how to get things done.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
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
Tone: Throughout the novel,
you get a sense of mystery,
suspense and often a bit of
arrogance when the author
was speaking of Griffin.
LITERARY ELEMENTS
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”.
Conflict:
Throughout the novel many people are trying to figure out Griffin in a whole. Why isn’t he showing himself? What does he have to hide? Griffin shows to have no compassion for anyone in his attempt to survive invisible without others finding out. His main conflict is finding an antidote to become visible. The society’s conflict is finding out who is the burglar that is breaking in and stealing.
Point-of-View:
In the first half of the story, it is told through third person. Giving us the opportunity to meet and get to know the characters and their inner personality.
The second half Griffin takes over and gives us a taste of his inner side, and his history. After chapter 25, the story returns third person.
“He rarely went abroad by daylight, but at twilight he would
go out muffled up invisibly, whether the weather were cold
or not, and he chose the loneliest paths and those most
over-shadowed by trees and banks.”
• This quote reflects the irony that Griffin must cover up invisibility by becoming invisible and blending into his surroundings.
QUOTES
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.
BIOGRAPHY HG WELLS
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 one of the great biology
teachers of the time, Thomas Henry Huxley,
and Wells graduated in 1888.
The writings of Jules Verne undoubtedly
influenced Wells, and he wrote his first
novel, The Time Machine, partly in response
to this new kind of literature that Verne
produced. The story appeared in various
forms in magazines from 1888 to 1894 and
was released in its current form in 1895.
The book was successful, and Wells did not
need to teach or worry about money from
that time on.
Wells' early novels continued in the science fiction mode of The Time
Machine. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897)
and The War Between the Worlds (1898) cemented his position
within the genre. For many readers, these early novels are the
extent of Wells' writing. He's the "time machine guy" or the "Martian
guy." Wells, however, wrote short stories, mainstream fiction and
non-fiction essays his entire life, most of them espousing in some
form or another his views on humanity, society and the direction he
saw the world going. Some of these works were also science fictional
in nature.
(The Time Machine)
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
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.
"Well's Biography." SFF Net. The Time
Machine. Web. 27 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.sff.net/people/james.van.
pelt/wells/biography.htm>.
Wells, H. G. Invisible Man. Mineola, NY:
Dover., 1992. Print.
REFERENCE
SHERLOCK HOLMES QUOTES
A mad killer might be
standing beside you
…..
You wont know until
its too late….
So
BE ALERT
AND BE SAFE
CLASS 12 B
THANK YOU