Omar SalihMr.OravecEnglish 1127 February 2014Literary analysis of the invisible man“The stranger came in early February, one winter, despite a biting wind and driving snow, the last snow of the year, from one end to the other, walking from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a small black trunk in his heavily gloved hand. He was wrapped up from head to toe, and the brim of his soft felt hat hid every inch of his face except the shiny tip of his nose; the snow had piled upon his shoulders and chest, and added a white crest to the burden he bore” (Wells 1). The Invisible Man is a fiction novel written by HG Wells. The theme is how a scientist, the invisible man, later known as Griffin, the protagonist, used his physical abilities to develop a new potion to make any living creature invisible and receive recognition and power from the world. The narrator, telling the story without judgment or comment on the characters or events, used an objective point of view throughout the novel. The Invisible Man begins his expedition in Iping, England, in the cold month of February (this town is an example of allusion), covered in bandages from head to toe. He is known as "the stranger" throughout much of the novel, keeping his identity unknown to the entire community. Soon he becomes the talk of the town and this adds numerous complications to his plans. “But whatever they thought of him, the people of Iping, on the whole, agreed in detesting him. His irritability, though it might be understandable to an urban brainiac, was a surprising thing to these quiet Sussexes” (25). Griffin liked to always be alone and his antisocial behavior later caused his downfall. It seems that everywhere he...center of the card...up, Griffin is found lying on the concrete dead and now fully visible, the citizens surprised and in total awe. Doctor Kemp is known as a hero by people and the story of the invisible man becomes famous. Griffin was a man who had many physical, mental and emotional problems, so he ultimately brought his own downfall. Despite the terrible tragedy that befell him in the end, it was for the best, for the citizens of Iping and for England as a whole. Every literary device used in The Invisible Man was used to develop the main theme of the novel. “Surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited, broken and hurt, betrayed and merciless, that Griffin, the first of all men to make himself invisible, Griffin, the most gifted doctor the world has ever seen, ended in endless disaster his strange and terrible career” (167).