Quotes from the Invisible Man

QUOTES CONTEXT
“It’s a beast of a country and This statement expresses Griffin’s contempt for the people of
pigs for people.” Iping
-Griffin, Chapter 9
“It’s quite wonderful enough This statement brings out Marvel’s cunning and opportunistic
for my modest wants” tendency.
-Marvel, Chapter 9
‘Here,’ I said, ‘is an outcast Griffin’s motivation behind trying to recruit Marvel.
like myself. This man is for
me’
-Griffin, Chapter 9
“It is so much easier not to
believe in an invisible man; The simplistic and ignorant attitude of the villagers of Iping.
and those who had actually
seen him dissolve into air...”
-Narrator, Chapter 10
“In all my great moments I Griffin’s statement emphasizes his alienation from other
have been alone.” people. His scientific achievement did not change his isolation.
— Griffin, Chapter 19
“And I beheld, unclouded by This reveals Griffin’s quest for scientific achievement and
doubt, a magnificent vision progress and his lack of concern about the effects it would have
of all that invisibility might on society.
mean to a man,—the
mystery, the power, the
freedom. Drawbacks I saw
none.”
— Griffin, Chapter 19
“Another one of those Kemp’s disdain and contempt for the villagers.
fools,…I can’t imagine what
possess people”
-Dr Kemp, Chapter 25
"No doubt invisibility made it Griffin believed becoming invisible would bring him happiness,
possible to get them, but it but he was mistaken, and he did not consider the disadvantages
made it impossible to enjoy and isolation he would have to endure. His words reflect the
them when they are got." idea that power, wealth, or achievement does not bring
— Griffin, Chapter 23 happiness.
"Don't try any games. Griffin shows the power people in authority have over others.
Remember I can see your People who aren't in possession of vital information are helpless
face if you can't see mine." to oppose those who "hold all the cards."
— Griffin, Chapter 27
"Kemp discovered that the Doctor Kemp experiences a distorted perception of the distance
hill road was indescribably from the town and civilization. Changed by his experiences with
vast and desolate, and that Griffin, he feels a distance from all he once knew.
the beginnings of the town
far below at the hill foot
were strangely remote."
— Narrator, Chapter 28