The Invisible Man By Herbert Wells

The extract under analysis is taken from the novella «The invisible man» written by Herbert Wells. Wells is a prolific English writer of the 20th century practiced in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. However, he is best remembered for his science fiction novels, and Wells is called a father of science fiction. His speculations about biological revolution and social development of society, about the mixture of social and natural qualities in people were deep. In his literary works Wells showed himself a humanist trying to solve social problems by criticizing the evils of modern civilization. The novelty of depicting the controversial realities of modern time lies in the author’s attempt to show moral responsibility of scientists for social consequences of realization of their ideas and inventions. The writer investigates the place of man in modern society of technological process. His most famous works are The Time Machine, The War of Worlds, The Island of Doctor Moreau , The First Men in the Moon in which the writer speak about the moral responsibility of a scientist for the wrong application of his theories.
The title «The invisible man» is suggestive. We can suppose that title names the main character of the story who has become a witness or participant of fictional events and scientific experiments. But we can’t say more without further reading.
The author is known for his attention to details working for the general image of the story. As for the setting , the place is given explicitly. « The Coach and Horses» , one of proper names mentioned, is the best known pub in Britain, London. However, we don’t have any references to the time. But it’s not surprising as the story deals with some fiction events.
The story is told in third person by one of the witnesses of the events happened.
The author’s central figure seemed to show unusual and associative behavior. For some