Ethan

=**The Invisible Man by Ethan Moon** =



"A gripping and entertaining tale of terror and suspense as well as a potent Faustian allegory of hubris and science run amok, The Invisible Man endures as one of the signature stories in the literature of science fiction. A brilliant scientist uncovers the secret to invisibility, but his grandiose dreams and the power he unleashes cause him to spiral into intrigue, madness, and murder. The inspiration for countless imitations and film adaptations, The Invisible Man is as remarkable and relevant today as it was a hundred years ago."

"H. G. Wells's The Invisible Man is about a man, named Griffin, who has discovered the science to turn living organisms invisible. Griffin the main character of the story, does many more experiments on other organisms, but in one of his experiments he turns himself invisible. He starts to realize that, with the power of being invisible, he can do whatever he wants. The law can not do anything because they can not find him. So Griffin, being the "all powerful" man that he thinks he is, s...more H. G. Wells's The Invisible Man is about a man, named Griffin, who has discovered the science to turn living organisms invisible. Griffin the main character of the story, does many more experiments on other organisms, but in one of his experiments he turns himself invisible. He starts to realize that, with the power of being invisible, he can do whatever he wants. The law can not do anything because they can not find him. So Griffin, being the "all powerful" man that he thinks he is, starts to commit various crimes. Griffin ends up leaving the area, and goes to try somewhere else. He wonders into a little town called Iping, he realized that he does not like being invisible, so he tries to do more experiments to turn himself visible again. People start to get suspicious and soon patrols are set out, doors are locked, and even windows are barred. He becomes very enraged because there are no more accessible supplies. This story has one of the best illustrated writing styles, that I have read in a long time. This story has slang, matter-of-fact comments, and the tone seems to be rather angry. The Invisible Man has many scripted words and phrases that almost literally include the reader into the story. I recommend this book to any and all who love; drama, action, suspense, and an irregular type of mystery."

"Another very good book from H.G. Wells. The science is interesting but of course not completely sound, and the implications of what an invisible man really is or isn't capable of were very well portrayed as well, seeing both the limitations and advantages of such a power. Again, there is also an interesting metaphor here, a man who is really invisible becomes a monster, just as a man who is ignored and is invisible to a society may become a monster because they cannot socially grow." media type="youtube" key="lsuaRo_IHLA" height="344" width="425"

This video is important because it represents the invisible man. As soon as Griffin became invisible, he started pulling tricks on townspeople. He used his invisibility to take advantage of people, as was the case with Mr. Marvel and Mrs. Hall at the beginning of the book. One time, he ran outside naked and no one could see him. He hit a man in the face and threw his groceries into the air. In this video, two people are tricking cars with an invisible rope. The people come to a false realization that there is actually a “rope” in front of their car and most of the people slow down or stop completely.

In this picture, all of New York City is in chaos because of the September 11th plane attacks. In my book, the whole town of Iping was in terror and shock because an invisible man was roaming the streets. The invisible man terrified many people in Iping and surrounding towns. News spread around rapidly, just like in the September 11th suicide bombers. Some people were skeptical that these terrorist attacks could even be possible, and the people around Iping were also skeptical because the thought of an invisible man brought up the theories of hoax and imagination.



This picture of a boarded up house is important because no one wanted the invisible man to get inside their house because he was a killer. Dr. Kemp had the constable lock up his house and the constable informed the whole town to lock their doors and shut their windows. He told the town this because if the invisible man couldn’t find any shelter or food, he would die eventually. The town even posted guards with dogs around the outskirts of town so that the invisible man could not escape. Griffin eventually broke into Dr. Kemp’s house, but was stabbed and beat to death by the townspeople.

 My first memorable passage of the book is when Dr. Kemp was trying to escape from the invisible man. The invisible man had shot the constable of the town, and Dr. Kemp was alone in his house watching the gruesome scene. Two policemen came and attacked the invisible man from behind, but the invisible man didn’t slow his pursuit of Dr. Kemp. Dr. Kemp then jumped out of a window and ran towards the town. While running through town, he started yelling, “The invisible man is chasing me!”, and the townspeople attack and kill the invisible man. The part that surprised me the most is when the invisible man turned visible after he died.

Another of my memorable passages is when the invisible man (Griffin) finds Mr. Marvel in the field. Mr. Marvel is sitting in the field by himself, looking up at the night sky. Griffin talks to Mr. Marvel and after a long while, convinces Marvel that he is not crazy; Griffin is actually an invisible man. Mr. Marvel is forced by Griffin to do his biddings, such as go and steal Griffin’s books that Griffin himself left in the hotel that he was staying at. After stealing the books, the whole town thinks that he is a thief and Mr. Marvel runs out of town to save himself from being put into prison.

My final memorable passage is when the invisible man first appeared in the hotel in Iping. He was wearing a scarf, a hat, glasses, and a heavy coat. Everything that he was wearing was dripping wet from the snow outside, but he refused to take anything off. He drank tea the Mrs. Hall made, and when the clock fixer came, the invisible man asked that he be quick because he did not like anyone interfering with his personal time. The invisible man ended up staying in his own private room for around three months. He barely came out of his room and sometimes Mrs. Hall could hear him talking to himself and pacing around the room.