The Invisible Man by (H.G Wells)

The Invisible Man (H.G Wells)

                      Important Questions with Characters

Questions and Answers

Q1. Describe in brief the appearance of the visitor who came to the ‘Coach and Horses’, an inn in lping village in wintertime?

Ans. The visitor had a very strange appearance. He was wrapped from head to foot. He had a large hat on his head. His eyes were covered with big blue glasses that had sidelights. And all his forehead above the blue glasses was covered with a white bandage. Another bandage covered his ears. Not a scrap of his face was left exposed except his pink and shining nose. Later on it was discovered that his nose was also not real. He was wearing a false nose. He had a bushy side-whisker over his coat collar that completely hid his cheeks and face. He wore a dark-brown velvet jacket with a high black collar that was turned up about his neck. He was carrying a little black box in his thickly gloved hand.

Q2. Who was Mr. Teddy Henfrey? How did he meet Mrs. Hall’s visitor and what impression did he form of the visitor?

Ans. Mr. Teddy Henfrey was a clock-jobber. Mrs. Hall had called him to repair a clock that was in her visitor’s room. When Mrs. Hall took him to the visitor’s room, Henfrey was taken a back to see the bandaged person. The strange appearance of the visitor aroused deep curiosity in his mind. He wanted to talk to the visitor. So he deliberately took as long as he could with the clock, taking it apart and reassembling it for no reason. But the visitor remained perfectly silent and still. He just asked Henfrey angrily why he didn’t finish his work and go. “All you have got to do is to fix the hour hand on its axle,” said the visitor. Henfrey felt offended. He finished his work and left the place. He thought that the visitor was a man of suspicious nature and was perhaps wanted by the police. That was why he had wrapped himself from head to foot, thought Mr. Henfrey.

Q3. What did the people living in lping think about the stranger?

Ans. The stranger was a common topic in the village due to his village to his weird appearance. Opinion was greatly divided about his occupation. Mrs. Hall would say that he was an experimental investigator. She would say that her visitor had an accident which temporarily discoloured his face. But most of the people in the village said that he was a criminal trying to escape from justice. It was to escape the eyes of the police that he kept himself wrapped. Mr. Gould, the probationary assistant in the National, School, said that the stranger was an anarchist in disguise who was preparing explosives. Some people regarded the stranger as a harmless lunatic. Whatever the people thought of him, they all agreed in disliking him. His irritability, his frantic gesticulations, his strolls after nightfall, his pulling down of blinds, his extinction of candles and lamps- were things that amazed the villagers very much.

Q4. Who was Mr. Cuss? Why did he want to meet the stranger staying at the ‘Coach and Horses’? What happened when he met the stranger?

Ans. Mr. Cuss was the general practitioner in lping. The tales of the mysterious stranger had filled him with terrible curiosity. The stranger’ s bandages had excited his professional interest. And the report of those thousand and one bottles of the stranger had aroused his jealousy. He wanted to know if the stranger was doing any research work. So he longed for an opportunity of talking to the stranger. At last he hit upon the idea of collecting donations for a village nurse. And he decided to contrive an interview with the stranger. Then he went to the inn to meet the stranger. Mrs. Hall took him to the stranger’s room. During the interview the stranger accidentally removed his hand from his pocket. Mr. Cuss got a glimpse of the empty sleeve to the elbow. When Mr. Cuss questioned him about moving an empty sleeve, the stranger laughed at him. He hit Mr. Cuss’s back so severely that he got hysteric. Mr. cuss became  so scared that he ran away.

Q5. Write in brief about the burglary at the vicarage?

Ans. One night the vicar’s wife woke up suddenly. She had heard some nose coming from the adjoining dressing room. She aroused the vicar. Just then they heard the fumbling going on at the study desk downstairs. They came downstairs. There they heard the opening of the drawer and rustling of papers. Through of the crack door of his study, the vicar could see the desk and the open drawer and a candle burning on the desk. Then the vicar and his wife heard the chink of money. Someone was taking out the money from the vicar’s desk. They rushed into the room but they found no one in the room. However they were sure that they had heard somebody moving therein. They searched each and every corner of the room. There was no sign of anybody. Still the desk had been opened and the money was missing. The vicar rand his wife were terribly confused to think of the strange burglary committed at their house.

Q6. Describe the circumstances that led to the unveiling of the identity of the stranger?

Ans. One day Mrs. Hall didn’t serve any food to the stranger. She was annoyed with him because he had not paid his bills. The stranger tried to assure Mrs. Hall but she refused to accept any excuse. It enraged the stranger and he put his open palm on his face and withdrew it. The centre of his face became a black cavity. He put something on Mrs. Hall’s hand. She screamed to see it. It was the nose of the stranger. Then he removed his spectacles, hat, bandages and whiskers one by one and soon  became a headless man. Just then Mr. Hall and Mr. Jaffers reached there with a warrant. The stranger said to the constable, I am invisible. Its strange, perhaps but it is not a crime. Mr. Jaffer told him that he was not after any invisibility but after burglary at the vicars house and all the circumstance pointed towards the stranger. At this the stranger started removing his cloths one by one and soon became invisible. Thus, was unveiled the identity of the invisible man.

Q7. Describe the constable Mr. Jaffers fight with the invisible man.

And. Mr. Jaffers come to Mrs. Hall inn with a warrant against the invisible ma., The man said that I am all here, but it happens that I am invisible. Its strange but its not a crime. At this, Mr. jaffer said that he was not after any invisibility but after the burglary committed at the vicars house and all the circumstances pointed towards him. Hearing this man started taking off his clothes one by one. Suddenly realizing what was happening Jaffers cried, ‘Hold Him’ once he gets those things off. He himself too tried to grip t he man. He clutched at the man sleeves but only help to pull it off. Soon, the man completely became invisible. He started hitting Mr. jaffer. “I got him!” Jaffers shouted suddenly wrestling against the unseen enemy. He was choking; nevertheless kept holding his enemy tight. At last he fell down unconscious and the Invisible Man escaped from Iping.

Q8. Describe the Invisible man’s activities in the Iping village.

Ans. The Invisible mans first adventure in Iping was at the vicar’s house. He stole money from the the vicar’s desk. The vicar and his wife heard the chink of money. But they saw nobody in the room. Still the desk had been opened and money was missing. His next adventure was at Mr.s Hall’s inn. Remaining invisible he threw his hat at Mrs. Hall. Then a chair rose and pushed her out of the room. His third adventure was with Mr. Jaffers who had a warrant against him. When Jaffers tried to arrest him , the man started taking off his clothes and soon became invisible. He hits jaffers with unseen blows and escaped from iping. His last adventure was when he came back to Iping village with Marvel to have his books and clothing. Mr. vuss and Mr. Bunting were investigating his belongings. So he handled them very roughly. When people started chasing Marvel carrying his stuff, perhaps the invisible man got some chance blow. He lost his temper and hit whosoever came in his way. He broke all the window-panes of the inn, cut the telegraph wire and disappeared from Iping forever.

Q9. Describe the incident when the luggage of stranger arrived.

Ans:-  When the cartman’s dog attacked the stranger, the stranger ran back to his room. Mr. Hall thought the dog had been badly bitten the stranger. He wanted to offer him immediate help. SO he went straight to his room. Having of a naturally sympathetic mind he pushed the stranger’s door without any ceremony. The blind was down and the room was dim. He caught the glimpse of a most singular thing- a handless arm waving towards him, and a face of three huge spots on white sheet. Then Mr. Hall was struck violently in the chest and pushed back. The door was slammed in his face and locked. It was so rapid that It gave Mr. Hall no time to observe. He stood there speechless for sometimes, wondering what it might be that he had seen. He couldn’t believe his eyes. He found it incredible that he had seen anything so remarkable in the stranger’s room.

Q10 What happened on ‘Whit Monday’ with Mr & Mrs Hall? What did Mrs. Hall call supernatural?

Ans :- That day Mr. Hall saw the stranger’s door ajar. He went into the room and saw the stranger’s garments and bandages scattered all over the room. He ran down to Mrs. Hall and said “Janny, he is not in his room. And the front door is unbolted.” Just then they heard the front door open and shut. But they saw no one was there. Then Mrs. Hall went to the stranger’s room. As she entered the room, a most extraordinary thing happened. The bed-clothes gathered themselves together, leapt up suddenly into a sort of peak and then fell headlong to one side banging the furniture around. The stranger’s hat hopped off the bedpost and dashed straight at Mrs. Hall’s face. Then a chair rose and charged at Mrs. Hall. It pushed her out of the room. “It is a supernatural,” said Mrs. Hall she immediateky assumed that her furniture had been influenced by the ghosts. She believed that the stranger had put some ghosts in her furniture. 

Q11. Who was Gibbins ? What did he experience and what was he not aware of?

Ans. Gibbins was an amateur naturalist of the district. He was lying out in the open on a steep hillside. There was not a soul within a couple of miles of him, as he thought. While he was almost dozing, he heard him swearing savagely to himself. Gibbins looked all around, but saw nothing. Yet the voice was certainly there. It continued to swear in the manner of a cultivated man. It grew to a climax, diminished again and died away in the distance. Gibbons was not aware of that morning’s occurrences in Iping. He felt so disturbed by this strange phenomenon that all his philosophical tranquility vanished. He got up hastily and hurried down the steep hill. He walked towards the village as fast as he could.

Q12.  Who was Mr. Thomas Marvel? Describe in brief his encounter with the Invisible Man?

Ans. Mr. Thomas Marvel was not just a tramp. One day he was sitting with his feet in a ditch at some distance from Iping. Suddenly he heard a voice behind him. He turned to see but there was none. “Am I drunk?” said Marvel. “Was I talking to myself.” “Don’t be alarmed,” said the voice. At this Marvel rose sharply to his feet and said, “Where are you?” There was no answer. “Am I a chump?” said Marvel. “Or is it spirits?” “Neither one thing not the other” said the voice. Marvel was confused to hear the voice again. But still he considered it a figment of his imagination. He thought differently only when the voice, he was hearing, threw stones at him. Then the voice gave him frightful threats. The invisible man through his voice convinced Marvel that he was real. He told marvel that he would have to help him get clothes, shelter and other things. Threatened of the consequences of not listening to the Invisible man, Marvel readily agreed to obey his commands.

Q13. How did the whole village join to catch hold of Mr. Marvel and why?

Ans. Mr. Huxter saw a man walking furtively in the yard of the ‘Coach and Horses’. The man disappeared for some time from the yard. And then he reappeared with a bundle and three books in the hands. Huxter felt that some robbery had taken place. So he strated chasing the man crying, “Stop thief!” Hall, Henfrey and other people sitting in the taproom heard the noise and came out. They saw Huxter running after a man and then taking a leap and falling down on the ground. Then they saw the man vanishing by the corner of the church wall. They at once concluded that this was the Invisible Man. They all once set off chasing him. In the meanwhile Mr. Cuss came out of the parlour and cried. “Hold Him! Don’t let him drop that bundle! You can see him so long as he holds the bundle.” In fact Cuss knew nothing of Marvel’s presence there. And actually it was marvel who was holding the bundle and the books. The invisible Man had handled over these things to him. So all the villagers took Mr. Marvel for the Invisible Man and joined together to catch hold of him.

Q14. What threat did the voice give to Mr. Marvel and why? What was the Invisible Man scared of?

Ans. when the Invisible Man created havoc in Iping, the people started running here and there in terror to save themselves. Mr. Marvel took advantage of the situation. He ran away with the Invisible Man’s stuff that he was to deliver to him. But the Invisible Man somehow found out Mr. Marvel. And he threatened Marvel that if he gave him the slip again, he would kill him. The Invisible Man was scared that the news about his invisibility would soon be in the papers. He said “No one knew I was invisible! And now they know. What I am to do?” He feared that everybody would now look for him.

Q15. Why did the people of Burdock bolt themselves into their houses?

Ans. One day in Burdock some people saw a little fat man running down the hills towards them. When he came close, they noticed the terror on his perspiring face. As he ran, his pockets clinked like a well-filled purse being tossed to and fro. He neither looked to the right nor to the left. He started straight downhill to the people who were crowded in the street. Everyone looked up and down the road to know the reason of his haste. A Slimy foam lay on his lips. And then a dog playing in the road, yelped and ran under a gate. And while yet people stood wondering, a sound like that of someone panting and breathing rushed by. People sprang off the pavement and started screaming, “The Invisible Man!” They got so scared that they bolted themselves into their houses. This news spread like fire everywhere. Even before Marvel was half-way there, everyone in the town was shouting: “The Invisible Man is coming! The Invisible Man!”

Q16. How was Mr. Marvel rescued from the hands of the Invisible Man?

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How did Mr. Marvel get rid of the Invisible Man?

Ans. One day Mr. Marvel came to the ‘Jolly Cricketers’ yelling for help. At that time a policeman, a cabman, and a black bearded American were sitting there. Marvel told them that the Invisible Man was after him. He requested Marvel told them that the Invisible Man was after him. He requested them to help him. The policeman asked the barman to close all the doors. Suddenly a blow made a fastened door shiver. It was followed by a knocking and shouting outside. This was the Invisible Man, said Marvel. Just then a door slammed and they heard a key turn. “I think the yard door was open,” said the barman. Suddenly they heard Marvel squeal like a trapped hare. They saw Marvel being dragged. They ran for his help. The policeman gripped the wrist of the invisible hand that collared Marvel. But the policeman was hit in the face and he went reeling back. Then the cabman clutched something and cried, “I got him. Here he is!” The cabman got kicked in the stomach. He cried and doubled up. Marvel’s rescuers got repeated blows from invisible fists. When the Invisible Man was busy in dealing with his rescuers, Marvel sought the police protection and thus got rid of the Invisible Man.

Q17. Who was Dr. Kemp? Did he believe in an Invisible Man? What did he think when he saw a little fat man running down the hills towards him?

Ans. Dr. Kemp was a scientist living in Port Burdock. He was a tall and slender young man with flaxen hair and a moustache almost white. He was a disciplined and law-abiding citizen. He, too had read about the Invisible Man in the newspaper. But he did not believe in such stories. That evening he was looking at the setting sun from the window of his room and admiring its rich golden beauty. Just then his attention was attracted by the little figure of a man running down the hills. Dr. Kemp thought that the man also might have heard about the Invisible Man. And perhaps that was the reason that he was running down the hills so fast in terror. “Another of those fools, I think,” said Dr. Kemp. “Like that ass who ran into me this morning, crying ‘Invisible Man is coming, sir!” Dr. Kemp wondered how people could get possessed so easily. His scientific outlook did not let him believe in the existence of an Invisible Man.

Q18. Who was Doctor Kemp’s visitor? What did he tell Dr. Kemp about himself?

Ans. The Invisible Man was Dr. Kemp’s visitor. After his flight with some men at the ‘Jolly Cricketers’, the Invisible Man had entered Dr. Kemp’s house. He was badly wounded. Kemp saw stains of blood stains those were. Just then he heard a voice, “I am an invisible man.” He told Kemp that he was really an invisible man. And it was no magic. He further told Kemp that he was Griffin, his junior at University College.

“I am the man who is known to have made himself invisible,” said the voice.

“Griffin! I am confused,” said Kemp.

“Yes, Griffin,” answered the voice, “a younger student, six feet high, with red eyes, a pink and white face, one who won the medal for chemistry.”

“It’s horrible!” said Kemp. “What devilry happened to make you invisible?”

Griffin, told him that it was no devilry. It was a process, quite simple and intelligible. Then he told Kemp that he was in deep pain. He asked Kemp to give him some food and drink. He also asked for some clothes to wear.

Q19. What happened at Chesilstowe? How did it change Griffin’s life?

Ans. Griffin was very good at chemistry. He had won a medal for it. But when he went to Chesilstowe he was so fascinated by Light that it changed his whole life. He dropped medicine and took up physics. “Optical density! The whole subject fascinated me,” said Griffin. He decided to devote his life to it. He put all his time, heart and soul to his work. Within a few months he discovered a formula of pigments that lowered the refractive index of a substance allowing light to pass through it rather than reflect it or refract it. Then after three years Griffin discovered how animal tissues could be made transparent. He did not tell anybody about his discovery. In fact he wanted to flash his work upon the world and become famous at a blow. But while working in secrecy he came upon a time when he had to stop his experiment due to the lack of funds. And to meet out the crisis he robbed his own father. His father shot himself because that money was not his. In great despair, Griffin left Chesilstowe and went back to London.

Q20. On what did Griffin try his experiment? What happened? Did he succeed in his experiment?

Ans. At his Griffin tried his experiment on a white fool fabric. He enjoyed the seeing the fabric vanish from his view. Just then he heard a miaow behind him. He decided to try his experiment on this cat. He called the cat softy and gave her some milk. After some time he gave her some drug to bleach the blood. Then he gave her some opium also. And soon she fell asleep. Griffin kept on looking at the cat. He saw that except her eyes and claws, the rest of her body faded gradually and then vanished. After about two hours the cat began miaowing about the room. Griffin decided to turn her out but he could see only two shining green eyes of the cat. Then he opened the window of his room so that she could herself go out. Then he never saw not heard any more of her. Griffin became successful in his experiment but not fully. The eyes of the cat had not become invisible. It was so because there is a reflective layer in the eyes of some animals that causes them to shine in the dark.

Common Answers

Q21. Value Based Answer

The Novel ‘The Invisible Man’ is written by H.G Wells which is a plot based on the scientific revolution where we could see that how extreme dedication towards anything could lead to success as well as many times. We can see the example of Griffin who discovered the formula of invisibility with his extreme dedication and same thing led to his destruction in the last.

It is considered that Science has an objective of development of mankind but when the objective is lost then science is no more a developing tool and the same thing happened in the novel where Griffin became responsible for the science without humanity when Griffin used his formula for the destruction of humanity.

In the last we can say that anything which gets the negative influence of something. It is subjected to be destroyed in the last.

Q22. Why did the landlord come to Griffin’s room? How did Griffin react to the situation? How did he become invisible?

Ans. The landlady had heard the cry of the cat coming Griffin’s room last night. So the landlord wanted to know what Griffin had been doing in the room. He came there with threats and enquiries. Griffin thought that the landlord might carry away something of his secret. So he pushed the landlord out of the room. Griffin knew that there was crisis for sure to follow. So he hurried out with his cheque book and his three books of notes. He went to the Post Office and parceled the books to a house in Great Portland Street. Then he came back to his room and drank some of his own potion. In the evening when the landlord came to his room with an ejection notice, he got scared to see the stone-white face of Griffin and ran away. After suffering extreme anguish and sickness Griffin witnessed his body parts becoming glassy and gradually he became invisible. Then he set fire to the landlord’s house and ran away.

Q23. What did Griffin do inside a big London store?

Ans. It was mid-winter. The air war bitterly cold and Griffin could not live without clothes. So to save himself from cold he entered a big London store. Closing time arrived. And as soon as the doors were shut, Griffin became able to give himself the pleasure of feeding and clothing without any expense. He went to the clothing section of the store. From there he got socks, shoes, trousers, a jacket, an overcoat, a thick comforter and a big hat. He put on the clothes and became a visible person again. Then he went to the refreshment section. There he relished cold meat with coffee. After the meal he enjoyed sweets and wine taken from the grocery. Then he settled down to sleep in a pile of quilts feeling very warm and comfortable. When store was opened in the morning, he was seen sleeping there. Men in the shop tried to catch him. But Griffin smashed art pots on the men chasing him. Then Griffin started taking off his clothes one by one and slipped out of the store.

Q24. Why did Griffin go to Drury Lane? What did he do there?

Ans. After escaping from the London store Griffin was once again without clothes in the chilly January air. This time he decided to try the stock of a theatrical company. He was sure that he would find there not only clothes but also something that would help him to hide the empty space above his shoulders. So he hurried to Drury Lane, the centre of the theatrical world. He soon found a suitable shop and went into it. He saw the shopkeeper taking his meal inside the shop. Then Griffin went upstairs to the clothing section of the shop. When he started inspecting the clothes, a pile suddenly fell down. The shopkeeper heard the noise and ran upstairs. But he found no one there. However he was sure that somebody else was present there. So he locked all the doors of his shop. It annoyed Griffin and he stuck the man on his head and made him unconscious. He stole all the money that he could find. Then he slipped out in the street wearing a costume of old clothes, bandages round his forehead, dark glasses, false nose, big bushy side-whiskers and a large hat.

Q25. What were Griffin’s original plans before meeting Dr. Kemp? What huge mistake did Griffin finally realize that he had made throughout?

Ans. Griffin’s invisibility had become known in his country. So he had planned to go to France, Spain or Algiers. There he thought, a man might be invisible always and yet could do what he liked. But after seeing Dr. Kemp, he changed his mind. “I was going to clear out of the country. But now I have altered that plan,” said Griffin to Kemp. Griffin had carried out his research in secrecy. He didn’t tell about it to anybody not even to his professor. In fact, he didn’t want anybody to share his credit. But now he realized that he had made a huge mistake in working on his research all alone. Thus he had wasted not only his time and strength but also opportunities. “How little a man can do alone! He can rob a little, hurt a little and that is all,” said Griffin. He further told Kemp that he wanted a helper and a hiding place.

Q26. The stranger had been bitten by the cartman’s dog. What happened when mr Hall went to his room to offer immediate help ?

Ans : -  When the cartman’s dog attacked the stranger, the stranger ran back to his room. Mr Hall thought the dog had badly bitten the stranger. He wanted to offer immediate help. So he went straight to his room. Having of a naturally sympathetic mind he pushed open the stranger’s door without any ceremony. The blind was down and the room was dim. He caught the glimpse of a most singular thing- a handless arm waving towards him, and face of three huge spots on white. Then, Mr Hall was struck violently in the chest and pushed back. The door slammed in his face and looked. It was so rapid that it gave Mr Hall no time to observe. He stood there speechless for some time, wondering what it might be that he had seen. He couldn’t believe his eyes. He found it incredible that he had seen anything so very remarkable in stranger’s room.

Q27. What happened on ‘Whit Monday’ with Mr and Mrs Hall? What did Mrs Hall call supernatural ?

Ans: - That day Mr Hall saw the stranger’s door ajar. He went into the room and saw the stranger’s garments and bandages scattered all over the room. He ran down to Mrs Hall and said, ‘ Janny, he is not in his room. And the front door is unbolted” just then they heard the front door open and shut. But they saw no one there. Then Mrs Hall went to stranger’s room. As she entered the room , a most extra ordinary thing happened. The bed- clothes gathered themselves together, leapt up suddenly into a sort of peak and then fell headlong to one side banging the furniture around. The strangers hat hopped off the bed post and dashed straight at mrs Hall’s face. Then a chair rose and charged at Mrs Hall. She immediately assumed that her furniture had been influenced by the ghosts. She believed that the strangers had put some  ghosts in furniture.

Q28. Describe the meeting of Mariner with Thomas Marvel .

Ans : - When the mariner was telling Mr Marvel a story about the invisible man published in a newspaper. Mr Marvel kept glancing about him all this time. He was trying to listen the sound of faint foot falls. Then he bent towards the mariner, lowered his voice and said “The fact is, I happen to know from private sources just a thing or two about this invisible man.” He was about to tell the mariner about the invisible man that he rose stiffly with a clear expression of pain on his face. In fact the invisible man had gripped him. Marvel told the mariner that he had developed toothache. He added that the invisible man was a hoax. “ But it’s in the paper,” said the mariner. “ Hoax all the same,” said Marvel. “ I know that chap that stated the li.” The mariner grew angry over Marvel’s behavior and started blaming Marvel for lack of elementary manners. He said, “ Then why did you let me go on and tell you all this damn stuff ?” But Marvel gave no answer and left the place.

Q29. “He is not only invisible. He is mad also who said the words and about whom ? And why?

And : - Dr Kemp spoke these words about Griffin who had discovered a rare drug that could make one invisible. And first of all, he himself had taken that drug and had become invisible. People had come to know about his invisibility and were very much scared of him. But Dr Kemp’s scientific outlook did not let him believe in the existence of an invisible man. No he himself had felt the presence of the Invisible Man and had talked to him also. But even then he was not ready to believe. “Am I dreaming?” he thought. Then he took up the morning newspaper of that day and read in the ‘Strange Story from Iping’. It recounted all that the mariner at port Stowe had told Marvel. Then he took up an official paper, the Evening Gazette. In it he read the news, “An Entire Village Goes Mad’. There was an account of the vents that took place in Iping in the previous afternoon. “Ran through the streets striking right and left …… Jaffers insensible ………….Huxter in great pain …….. women ill with terror……….. Windows smashed. With these all news, it became clear that Griffin was the person who had done a lot of misdeeds which were committed knowingly or unknowingly.

Q30. How did Griffin feel when he became completely invisible ? Describe in brief his first experience with invisibility.

Ans : - When Griffin became invisible he felt a wild impulse to jest, to startle people, to clap men on the back, upset people’s hats and thus revel in his invisibility. But when he came out into the street among the people, he was pained as people stepped on him or hit him from the back. He had always to observe his position with the people around him. But the situation was even grim with the dogs. Being always smart with their nose the dogs barked at his invisible presence. Besides all this his stark nakedness had to bear the trauma of extremely freezing chill. And the situation became quite difficult when he had to climb up the steps of a house to avoid a marching band. His muddy footprints showed up on the newly whitened steps. Two dirty little boys observed those footprints and shouted loudly. It attracted the attention of the people towards the ‘ghost prints’. The astonished people started following his footmarks. Griffin quickly moved into the porch of next house and ran until his feet grew hot and dry fading the impressions eventually

Q31. Describe the siege of the Kemp’s house.

Kemp receives a letter telling him that the Reign of Terror is beginning and that Kemp himself will be the first execution for the sake of an example. Kemp decides that he himself will be the bait and that Griffin will be caught because he will have gone too far. A knock at the door turns out to be Adye with news that Kemp’s housekeeper-who was carrying notes for the police-had been attacked and the notes taken from her.

Griffin makes his presence known by smashing windows in Kemp’s house. During the battle that follows, Adye is shot. Griffin gets inside the house and tries to tell the police to “stand away” as he is after only Kemp. He swings an ax at them, but one of them manages to strike him with an iron poker. By this time Kemp has followed his housekeeper through a window and is nowhere to be found.

Q32. How did Invisible Man die?

Griffin chases Kemp through the town. People begin to join in the chase. When Kemp realized that the people were  chasing Griffin, he stopped running, which allowed the Invisible Man to catch him. Even though people could not see him, they were able to grab hold of him and keep him down. The effort was not needed for long as Griffin had been fatally injured and seemed to have lost a lot of blood. As the town people watched, the effect of invisibility is gradually reversed, and soon, Griffin, now dead, was visible.

 Character Sketches

Q33. Give a brief character sketch of Mr. Griffin.

Ans : -  Griffin is the character `of the novel. He is a brilliant scientist. He wants to prove that human body can become invisible. And he discovers a rare drug that can make the human body as transparent as glass. But Griffin misuses his discovery. To save himself from his landlord he takes that drug and becomes invisible. Being impatient by nature, he doesn’t wait even to find the reverse process. Griffin is a lawless person and does many unlawful activities when he becomes invisible. He sets fire to his landlord’s house, steal things and money from shops. He is bad-tempered and soon stoops to violent rage. He subjects poor Marvel to utter servitude who assists him. He is a heartless fellow. To further his research he needs money and for this he robs his own father. His father shoots himself because money is not his. But Griffin is least regretful about it. He makes plans to unleash a Reign of Terror on his country. But he fails in it and meets a sorrowful end at the hands of people.

Q34. Give a brief character sketch of Dr. Kemp.

Ans : - Dr Kemp is a young brilliant scientist living in Port Burdock. He has been Griffin’s senior at University College. But like Griffin he is not at all unscrupulous. He does not use his scientific knowledge to jeopardize the peace of humanity. He is a disciplined and law abiding citizen. He loves to remain idealistic and non-interfering. He is cool and methodical. He scientific outlook doesn’t let him believe in the existence of an invisible man. He is composed and practical. When Griffin comes to his house and asks for his help, Kemp being his former acquaintance helps him. He not only gives him food and clothes but also provides him place to take rest. He gives him a word that he will respect his freedom. But when he comes to know about Griffin’s evil designs, he decides to hand him over to the police. He doesn’t want to let his country fall into the trap of wicked Griffin. To save people, he puts his own life on risk. This great deed endears him to his readers.

Q35. Write in brief the character sketch of Mrs Hall.

Ans : - Mr Janny Hall is the owner of the ‘Coach and Horses’ situated in Iping. She runs her inn quite efficiently. She is a modest and devoted host. She pays personal attention to her visitors. Mrs Hall is an poortunist. When the stranger comes to her inn in the mid-winter, she exhibits too much hospitality towards him. She does so because wintertime brings few lodgers. And moreover this stranger is no haggler. So, despite his odd appearance, she allows himto stay at her inn. She is happy enough to leave the stranger in exchange of money. She does not allow anybody to disturb her guest. Everybody in Iping takes the stranger as a criminal who is trying to escape the police. But Mrs Hall defends him repeating his words, that he is an ‘experimental investigator’. And when the visitor doesn’t pay the bills she stops giving him meals. Then the stranger is accused of burglary at the vicar’s house. Mrs Hall decides to get rid of the stranger and she calls upon the police. Mrs Hall is a typical example of working class woman living in a rural area.                

Q36. Give a brief character sketch of Mr. Thomas Marvel.

Ans : - Mr Thomas Marvel is just a tramp who aimlessly moves around. One day he falls into the Invisible Man’s trap. Remaining invisible Griffin gives him frightful threats and throws stones at him. He tells Marvel that he will have to help him get back his clothes and notebooks from the inn. And Marvel helps Griffin in it. But even than Griffin doesn’t leave him alone. He subjects poor Marvel very badly. Marvel has to accompany him all the time carrying his load of three books and a bundle. He is too too tired to bear it any longer. So he gives the man a slip and flees to Port Burdock. Mr Marvel is an opportunist also. He takes advantage of adverse circumstances even. When he wants to get rid of the Invisible Man, he seeks police protection. He confiscates the Invisible Man’s notebooks and stolen money. The court can not prove whose money Marvel has. So Marvel gets to keep all that money. He opens his own inn and names it ‘The Invisible Man’. He daily observes Griffin’s notes secretly and thinks that what he could do if he were invisible.

Q37. Give in brief a character sketch of Colonel Adye.

Ans : - Colonel Adye is the chief of police in port Burdock. He is law-aiding and dutiful officer. When Dr Kemp gives him an urgent call regarding the Invisible Man, he immediately reaches Kemp’s house. He is very wise and thoughtful. He feels the intensity of situation. He knows that it is the only Kemp who has seen and talked to the Invisible Man. He also knows that he has no other choice. ]So he listens to Kemp’s suggestions and makes plan accordingly to capture the Invisible Man. In tough hours also he doesn’t ignore the moral values. He objects to Kemp’s advice of spreading powdered glass on roads to trap Griffin. He calls it unsportsmanlike. But seeing no other alternative he has to accept it. He is very brave and courageous. He tries his best to save Dr Kemp from the Invisble Man. He keeps fighting with the Invisible Man till the end. The Invisible Man shoots him with Kemp’s revolver. And it is assumed that Colonel Adye died there and then