Answer ANY ONE of the following in 100-120 words. (5x1)
(A) “You don’t understand who or what I am!” he shouted. “Very well — I’ll show you.”
Who is this person? What does he do? What is he trying to show? Write a character sketch of the
person.
Answers
Explanation:
Footprints Without Feet By HG Wells
The two boys started in surprise at the fresh muddy imprints of a pair of bare feet. What was barefooted man doing on the steps of a house in the middle of London? And where was the man?
As they gazed, a remarkable sight met their eyes. A fresh footmark appeared from nowhere!.
Further footprints followed, one after another, descending the steps and progressing down the street. The boys followed, fascinated, until the muddy impressions became fainter and fainter and at last disappeared altogether.
The explanation of the mystery was really simple enough. The bewildered boys had been following a scientist who had just discovered how to make the human body transparent.
Griffin, the scientist, had carried out experiment after experiment to prove that the human body could become invisible. Finally, he swallowed certain rare drugs and his body became as transparent as a sheet of glass – though it also remained as solid as glass.
Brilliant scientist though he was, Griffin was rather lawless person. His landlord disliked him and tried to eject him. In revenge, Griffin set fire to the house. To get away without being seen, he had to remove his clothes. Thus it was that he became a homeless wanderer without clothes, without money, and quite invisible – until he happened to step in some mud, and left footprints as he walked!
He escaped easily enough from the boys who followed his footprints in London. But his adventures were by no means over. He has chosen a bad time of the year to wander about London without clothes. It was mid-winter. The air was bitterly cold. He could not do without clothes. Instead of walking about the streets, he decided to slip into a big London store for warmth.