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Review of "The Invisible Man"

"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." This is true in The Invisible Man.
Wells, one of the leading science fiction writers of his time has more than a handful of incredibly successful books accredited to his name. The book “The Invisible Man” is one of the crowning examples of nineteenth century fantastic fiction. Even though it is an early work of science fiction I feel that it is much more than that. The nature of the plot of the story encourages one to come to the conclusion that there is more to this saga than science fiction. “The Invisible Man”, is a book about human nature and the intricacies of the thoughts, opinions and judgments intrinsically made in their minds when confronted with scenarios they fail to understand.
Wells wrote this story as something of a lesson about scientists playing God, and placing themselves above normal people. In his book, HG Wells ventures into the abstract concept of invisibility and the human emotio...

Posted by: Asare Mabel

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