THE INVISIBLE MAN -QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Compare and contrast the characters of Kemp and Griffin.
Kemp was fearless and a man of determination because he was the first person who analysed the existence of the Invisible Man without any fear.. He was a well-qualified scientist. He was working on a project which he hoped would win him a fellowship of Royal Society. He was tall and slender young man with flaxen hair and almost white moustache . He had a rational and logical approach to the happenings around him. He was ridiculed with the idea of the invisible Man. He felt that those believe in such absurd being are worthless. Mr. Kemp was a keen observer and a self-confident scientist. He was not shocked on coming face to face with the invisible man. In a very calm and composed manner, he heard Griffin’s entire story. However when he came down to his study and read all the reports about the Invisible Man as printed by the newspapers, he writes a note to police chief, Colonel Adye to come and arrest this criminal.
In college Kemp was Griffin’s senior, but Kemp was not violent. He was not impulsive and had a logical thinking. On the other had Griffin, because of his boundless ambition became antisocial 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.
Thus Kemp earns the admiration of the readers for the qualities of fearlessness and determination that employs to rescue everyone from the evil Invisible Man.
2. What forced Griffin to become bandaged 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.
3. Griffin stands for science without humanity. Substantiate.
Griffin symbolises the careless youngsters who can go to any extent to satisfy his desires and ambition. Griffin was in college when he became so involved with his extraordinary experiments, he kept them a secret. He kills his own father when he runs out of money. 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 selfish and 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. He almost goes to the extent of madness and just takes advantage of anyone and of any situation. Griffin at no time exs any remorse for his behaviour or for the crimes, which he merely describes as necessary
4. The title of the novel The Invisible Man.
The Invisible Man’ is a celebrated story by H.G.Wells about a brilliant scientist who was overambitious and self centered. The story of the novel revolves around Griffin’s invention that helped him to become invisible.. 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 Iping. 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.
5. 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 neighbor 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. 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.
In a second there was a rush and Kemp could hear only sounds of blows and heavy breathing. Suddenly an old woman pointed at the outline of a hand limb on the ground. Slowly the strange change continued. They saw his crushed chest, his shoulders and the dim outline of his battered features.
A naked, bruised and broken body of a young man about thirty layed on the floor. His hair and brow were white because he was an albino. His hands were clenched, eyes wide open, his expression was one of anger and dismay.
Someone brought a sheet to cover him and 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 1 and selfish ends. He becomes inhuman and loses all rights.
6. What impression did Mrs. Hall form about the stranger’s appearance and behavior?
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.
Kemp was fearless and a man of determination because he was the first person who analysed the existence of the Invisible Man without any fear.. He was a well-qualified scientist. He was working on a project which he hoped would win him a fellowship of Royal Society. He was tall and slender young man with flaxen hair and almost white moustache . He had a rational and logical approach to the happenings around him. He was ridiculed with the idea of the invisible Man. He felt that those believe in such absurd being are worthless. Mr. Kemp was a keen observer and a self-confident scientist. He was not shocked on coming face to face with the invisible man. In a very calm and composed manner, he heard Griffin’s entire story. However when he came down to his study and read all the reports about the Invisible Man as printed by the newspapers, he writes a note to police chief, Colonel Adye to come and arrest this criminal.
In college Kemp was Griffin’s senior, but Kemp was not violent. He was not impulsive and had a logical thinking. On the other had Griffin, because of his boundless ambition became antisocial 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.
Thus Kemp earns the admiration of the readers for the qualities of fearlessness and determination that employs to rescue everyone from the evil Invisible Man.
2. What forced Griffin to become bandaged 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.
3. Griffin stands for science without humanity. Substantiate.
Griffin symbolises the careless youngsters who can go to any extent to satisfy his desires and ambition. Griffin was in college when he became so involved with his extraordinary experiments, he kept them a secret. He kills his own father when he runs out of money. 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 selfish and 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. He almost goes to the extent of madness and just takes advantage of anyone and of any situation. Griffin at no time exs any remorse for his behaviour or for the crimes, which he merely describes as necessary
4. The title of the novel The Invisible Man.
The Invisible Man’ is a celebrated story by H.G.Wells about a brilliant scientist who was overambitious and self centered. The story of the novel revolves around Griffin’s invention that helped him to become invisible.. 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 Iping. 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.
5. 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 neighbor 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. 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.
In a second there was a rush and Kemp could hear only sounds of blows and heavy breathing. Suddenly an old woman pointed at the outline of a hand limb on the ground. Slowly the strange change continued. They saw his crushed chest, his shoulders and the dim outline of his battered features.
A naked, bruised and broken body of a young man about thirty layed on the floor. His hair and brow were white because he was an albino. His hands were clenched, eyes wide open, his expression was one of anger and dismay.
Someone brought a sheet to cover him and 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 1 and selfish ends. He becomes inhuman and loses all rights.
6. What impression did Mrs. Hall form about the stranger’s appearance and behavior?
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.
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