Question

What does *hide the empty space above his shoulder* mean?

Answer 1

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This is from the story " The invisible man" by HG wells. hide the empty space above his shoulder means that the invisible man had to hide from people his head and show that it wasn't invisible. The empty space above his shoulders was the space taken by head which was invisible to people and looked like an empty space above his shoulders so he had to cover his head.

Answer 2

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the following text has been uplifted from the invisible man by H.G Wells.

it refers that the empty space above his shoulder should have been hid which refers to his invisible fave so that the other spectators could not understand it was a man.

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