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Apr 02, 2017 08:01PM
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Just a thought: I don't think the invisible man 's personality or character changed when he became invisible. It seems he was always narcissistic and lacked empathy. Is it impossible to change who we really are? What if we try really hard--would that make the difference?
I agree. He was never a nice guy at least within the time that we are given details. I do believe anyone CAN change but the odds are against a narcissist. He was looking out for number one, he felt superior and everyone else was ranged from a petty annoyance to an evil adversary.
One more thought. I wonder what would have happened if he had genuinely asked for help from the scientific community before his situation got so out of control.
Beth wrote: "One more thought. I wonder what would have happened if he had genuinely asked for help from the scientific community before his situation got so out of control."Interesting thought.. scientists being scientists, my first instinct is that even if they sincerely wanted to help him, their need to probe, understand, and investigate would win out in the end; they would end up experimenting with him "in the name of science".
I think Wells could have made him a little more of an "anti-hero". He could have been written as someone who turned bad, but started out good. If he had used Griffin's albinism as a sympathy factor, if he had some cruel treatment in his backstory, I would have rooted for him. As he's written, I was just waiting for him to be taken down.In the ending we see others lust for the same power. Marvel was the recipient of some knocks and some good fortune after his run-in with the invisible man. Wells seems to indict humanity as doomed to lust after power, even though we know it will corrupt us.
Oh, and one last thought. Before the invisible man becomes invisible, he tests his invention on a piece of wool, and it turns invisible. It would have been nice for him to make some invisible clothing before he had to run around naked all the time. It may have turned out a much different story.
Interesting thought! A Potteresque Invisibility Cloak! You are right, he would have benefited from this!
