By H. G. Wells
The invisible man is s scientist who develops the technology to make his body invisible. In his maniacal mad-scientist thinking , he sees nothing but advantages to being invisible: he can steal and not get caught, he can sneak up on people, he can terrorize an entire village, going in and out of doors and rattling windows. Unfortunately he doesn't consider the drawbacks. For instance, in order to be invisible he has to wander around stark naked. What if it's winter? or raining? What if he leaves footprints in the mud?
Maybe invisibility is a metaphor for deviance from society, criminality, or feelings of alienation and rejection.The Invisible Man is a cautionary tale that science gone wrong, used for criminal means can lead to a person's downfall. After a rampage of murder, theft and violence, the invisible man eventually gets caught. Invisibility becomes, after all, disadvantage rather than an advantage.
The only trouble is, the whole time reading the book, I was thinking: Couldn't the townspeople just throw paint on him? they could catch him easily that way. But they never thought of that.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
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