The invisible man
...England. The story is told chronologically and near the end there is a flash-back. 'The Invisible Man' is a story of strange adventure (in the manner of Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'). The main idea is an old one, going back to Herodotus (450 B.C.): 'What will a man do if he has the power to making himself invisible?' Wells had, in early life especially, complete faith in the power of science. He believed, and had the power to make others believe, that science could provide the path to a perfect world. He knew, indeed, that no man could make himself invisible. But for long he believed that science, which had already done so much for his comfort and for the welfare of mankind, could do everything; and that books could cure wrong thinking. World War II reduced him to despair. Characters There are three main characters in 'The Invisible Man'. #The Invisible Man (Griffin): He is a young men who just left College. He finds the possibility to make something invisible. He try's it with a cat and it works. After a time he hasn't got any money and the landlord was going hurt him. So then he made himself invisible. As an indivisible man he could steal as much he wanted. #Mrs. Hall: She is the owner of the inn in Iping Village. She feels sorrow for the invisible man and wants to help him, but he refuses. After a time she can't stand the mystery anymore. #Dr. Kemp: He is an old fellow student of the invisible man. He is also a man of science. But when the invisible man comes to him, he thinks he has gone completely mad and he wants to get rid off him. So the invisible man chases Dr. Kemp. But after a while the invisible man himself in chased by Kemp. Summary One evening a stranger arrives in the inn of Mrs. Hall. He acts very strange. The visitor is all covered up with clothes and bandages. Mrs. Hall thinks he has had a terrible accident and she wants that everybody leaves the stranger alone; But after a while she is getting suspicious herself. In the village everybody is telling gossips about the stranger. Mr. Cuss, the doctor, was interested in the bandages and went to visit him. He was surprised to find that Mrs. Hall did not know her guest's name. Finally the stranger takes off his bandages and Mr. Cuss sees that he is in fact an invisible man. A couple of days later the invisible man goes to steal some money in the vicarage and he doesn't pay his rent in the inn. A policeman and a lot of other people rush in the room of the invisible man. They take his clothes and bandages. The man escapes very violently and he wounds some people. He escapes to a near village. He is gone completely mad and wants to kill a lot of people. First he goes to Dr. Kemp. Kemp is an old fellow student. He tells Kemp how he made himself invisible and the story b...