 | The Invisible Man (a.k.a. Griffin and The Stranger) Griffin is an albino scientist that has many qualities that all humans have---they are just extremely exaggerated. From his anger, to his selfishness, to his impulsive outbursts, his traits and qualities resemble those of a cartoon character. Griffin had a lot of built up anger, given that he had become invisible and nobody knew about him at first. As he was trying to find a solution that would make him visible again, he had many extreme angry outbursts whenever he was disturbed during his work. His selfishness showed in the story plenty of times---since he's invisible, he had his mind set that he could take whatever he wanted without anybody noticing, but soon, people started noticing. Griffins character is a warning to us all, and that is to not let our negative feelings get out of control. Most of Griffins interactions with other characters were very negative; either with a loud, shouting tone or a dismissive tone. Griffins character can be related to by many people in which we all sometimes feel as if we're invisible and that nothing we do is appreciated. Wells made that feeling into literal reality, making Griffin and his works unnoticeable. One last thing I noticed is that Griffin's name is also the name of a monster that is half eagle, half lion. It is possible that Wells did this on purpose, to demonstrate the monster-like characteristics Griffin displayed, beating the hosts and other townspeople in various parts of the book just because they were curious. Griffin's overall characteristics:
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