Invisible Man

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The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells is a strange account of a man’s scientific experiments. This long short story written in the third person is an amazing combination of action and thrill. It takes place in various little towns around the 1800's. This story tells of a man's desire and what it cost him.
The story begins in a small town called Iping, in an inn called Coach and Horses. A strange man dressed in trenchcoat and hat and bandages walks in demanding a fire and a room. Mrs. Hall lit the fire and left him in his room to go and fix a meal. As she attempts to gather his wet clothes he refuses and request to keep them. This starts the odd impressions of the town’s people toward him. Days go by as this man keeps to himself and associates with no one. The town’s people start hearing strange noises from his room and begin getting suspicious. With all this suspicion going around Mr. Cuss, the local practitioner, Went to interview this man. Mr. Cuss went in and started asking general questions which later led to the man getting very angry towards him. So as they were talking the man lifted his arm out of his pocket, and Mr. Cuss could see completely up his sleeve, there was no arm! After this event you could imagine how the suspicion grew. People wanted to know who and/or what exactly he was.
One day during an uproar the man yelled, “ You have no idea who or what I am but by God I’ll show you right now!” So with that he tore off his hat and bandages and there stood a completely invisible man. Everyone went utterly crazy, and then the police came and that’s when the fighting started. Gentlemen from the town were trying to help get him but they could not get him. As the police tried to cuff him he alluded them by slipping out of his jacket and leaving unnoticed. He left all of his belongings at the inn and would later attempt to retrieve them. The invisible man ran into a man by the name of Mr. Marvel who h...