Sept. 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946 H. G. Wells

Mini Biography Born in the London suburb of Bromley in 1866 "The Time Machine" – 1895 first publication Journalist, Teacher, Novelist, Historian Parents – Joseph Wells and Sarah Neal…Unhappy marriage 1891 he married his cousin, 3 years later left her for a student of his, Amy Catherine Robbins Children – 2 boys with Amy: George and Frank, Also Anna-Jane with Amber Reeves and Anthony West with Rebecca West. Amy died in 1927 Wells died in 1946, reports indicate that it was from his diabetes or liver cancer.

The Invisible Man H. G. Wells Published 1897

Setting The Invisible Man is set in Iping, West Sussex located in southern England. During the winter of 1890’s. *The book doesn’t say a particular year or date, so we assume that it was set in the current time the book was written.

Character Description Griffin - Griffin became The Invisible Man when he found how to make one become invisible but didn’t think before hand to find a way to reverse it. He studied optical density at a university. He moves to a town called Iping where his short temper and erratic antics concern the townspeople. Griffin was forced to flee because of his insanity and eventually killed by a mob. Mrs. Hall - Owner of the Coach and Horse Inn, where Griffin stays while in Iping. She is nosey and annoyed when Griffin refuses to talk with her. Mr. Hall – Helps run Coach and Horse Inn and is the first person to discover what Griffin has been hiding. Thomas Marvel – Griffin’s first visible partner before fleeing to Port Burdock and contacting police.

Character Description Dr. Kemp – A former associate of Griffin’s in his college days. Griffin had been his student and knew Kemp to be interested in bizarre aspects of science. Cuss – A doctor in Iping who in very interested in Griffin and is the first to notice he is invisible.

Plot Summary Griffin, having rendered himself invisible with a pervious experiment, enters a small town, Iping, where he sets up his lab in a small inn with hopes to reverse the invisibility. When he accidentally reveals himself, he engages in violent acts, is forced to flee and find a new hiding place. He goes to an old college professor’s house whom he thinks would be interested in his experiments and willing to help find a cure. Mr. Kemp, the professor, finds out about Griffin’s actions in Iping and is unwilling to help. Griffin recruits Thomas Marvel to be his visible partner. When authorities catch up with Griffin, he is killed and becomes visible again. Thomas, who Griffin has carrying his journal, might try the experiments if he could understand them.

Literary Elements Tone – Social/Dark Comedy Theme – Corruption of morals in the absence of social restriction Conflict – A man trying to regain his life as “normal” cannot find someone to help him because of his insanity, detachedness to others and habits of using people. Point-of-view – Third person most of the book.

Quotes “No hand—just an empty sleeve. Lord! I thought, that’s a deformity!… Then, I thought, there’s something odd in that. What the devil keeps that sleeve up and open, if there’s nothing in it? There was nothing in it, I tell you. Nothing down it, right down to the joint. I could see right down it to the elbow, and there was a glimmer of light shining through a tear of the cloth. “ -Cuss "I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived.” – Griffin "to repress not only his emotions but his humanity... [to be] invisible, a walking personification of the Negative,... the mechanical man!" "The white folk tell everybody what to think -- except men like me. I tell them"

Analysis I thought the book was interesting, i enjoyed it. It could've been more interesting, though, with more action or something. The beginning and the end were ok, but in the middle it seemed like there was a lot of just random stuff. Overall very good book. – Cory I thought The Invisible Man was a very dry book. Even when people were fighting Griffin, I wanted to put the book down. Although I did like that Wells made a very clear point that you need to have compassion for other people and other living beings. In the end, I would not wish that book on my worst enemy. – Carmen I thought the book was hard to get through and boring. It was written really well but it’s not the kind of book I would choose to read in my spare time. - Kelly

Work Division Kelly – Biography Cory – Setting, and Literary Elements Carmen – Title page, Character description and PowerPoint constructor All – Analysis, and quotes