I finished the book last night. I did not expect it to end that way let alone any ending at all. Wells did a great job making the book unpredictable unlike the other books people write nowadays.
I felt pity and apathy towards the Invisible Man. He, using the tools of science, became invisible, but he did not foresee the difficulties of being invisible such as the fact that he cannot wear any clothing to stay invisible so he was terribly cold. Terribly cold, given that he was living in London. Also everyone thought they went crazy after encountering the Invisible Man who seemed like a ghost, but in fact, the Invisible Man went insane. He called himself "the Terror." I can't even describe how quickly the circumstances turned and escalated to murder. Can someone really get that angry and upset to escalate to murder? Even hearing stories of people in the present day murdering other people still astonishes me. We, as humans, were made not to kill but to make new people, but each person has emotions, which some cannot handle. I really enjoy spending time thinking about questions like this... beats thinking about school work haha.
The next book I'm reading is The War of the Worlds also by H. G. Wells. Science-fiction is very interesting and I think I might be developing a liking for that genre after reading The Invisible Man.
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