List of important incidents of novel the invisible man
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Various incidents in Invisible Man
People becoming suspicious of the stranger
The people became suspicious of Griffin because of his strange and unusual ways. Everything about him was peculiarly strange. His appearance was glaringly unusual; his face covered with bandages, his goggles that he kept on his eyes all the time gave rise to suspicion in people's mind.
Secondly, his behavior was also quite questionable. He remained reclusive and did not encourage people to come near him. His rudeness with Teddy, Fearenside, Mr. Hall, Mrs. Hall, Dr. Cuss, etc further provoked people to suspect him.
Besides, there were many other things such as arrival of thousands of bottles, theft at the Vicarage, etc. also made people suspect the stranger.
Encounter with Dr. Cuss
Dr. Cuss, the general practitioner was enormously curious to meet the stranger. All the people at Iping were talking about his eccentric appearance and behavior. When he came to know that he was an experimental investigator, he became more curious to meet him.
One morning he reached Coach and Horses and knocked on the stranger’s door. Griffin did not like his coming in and received him coldly. Dr. Cuss began asking him questions which annoyed Griffin. Then suddenly, a draft of the wind from the window blew a paper into the fire place. The stranger rushed to save the paper from burning as some important information concerning his research was written on it. Dr. Cuss noticed the stranger had no hand; only an empty sleeve.
This further raised Dr. Cuss’s curiosity; he asked him more questions. This further infuriated Griffin. Griffin took his invisible hand close to Dr. Cuss’s face. Dr. Cuss felt the invisible hand. Finally, Griffin pinched Dr. Cuss’s nose with his invisible fingers. Dr. Cuss was shocked and frightened. Scared, he ran out of Griffin’s room in panic.
Robbery at Vicarage
Griffin robbed vicar Bunting because he needed money urgently. Mrs. Hall had been pestering him to pay the arrears. He did not have any money with him. He did the theft in the early hours on Whit Monday. He took advantage of his invisibility. He removed all his clothes and bandages and became invisible. He entered vicar Bunting’s, went to his study, and saw the money stolen. But he could not prevent it.
The Buntings were aware of an intruder’s presence inside their home; but they did not know what exactly was happening. Mrs. Bunting woke her husband after hearing suspicious noises, Mr. Bunting tried his best to catch the burglar. But the strange phenomenon of being robbed by an invisible burglar was beyond his comprehension. He tried to catch the thief, but there was none. There savings disappeared mysteriously from the chest of drawer in the study and they could not do anything.
Incident At Jolly Cricketers
Just after the Port Stowe incident Marvel succeeded in giving Griffin a slip. Thus running away from him and Griffin chasing him determinedly, Marvel entered Jolly Cricketers, a pub at Burdock, for safety from angry Griffin. Besides the barman, the other people present there were an anaemic cabman a black-bearded man, and a policeman off duty. He appealed to them for help. Naturally the policeman jumped to action. He got the doors closed shut.
In spite of being in the company of people with the doors shut, Marvel wanted to go inside the kitchen to be safer; so much was he afraid of Griffin. Seeing his fear, the barman let him hide behind the counter. At the same time a loud knocking on the closed door further frightened Marvel. Then a window was smashed to pieces. The man with the black beard drew a revolver and asked the door to be unbolted.
However, Griffin entered the pub from the behind door and seized and dragged Marvel from his hiding place. Taking advantage of his invisibility Griffin beat everyone with blows and kicks. The policeman assisted by cabman succeeded to free Marvel from Griffin’s grip. It was at this moment that the black bearded man again took his revolver out and chased Griffin depending on the sounds made by his actions. Then a tile whizzed past his head and smashed the crockery on table to pieces. The black bearded man shot five times towards the imagined direction of Griffin’s presence. One of the bullets grazed him and injured him.