Chapter 5: Footprints without Feet

Griffin was indeed a lawless person, as he did not refrain from harming others to fulfil his selfish interests. He set his landlord’s house on fire when he tried to evict the scientist from his house. Thereafter, he robbed clothes from shops and stole money from Mrs Hall’s house that was kept for housekeeping purposes inside the desk in the study room. However, when the landlady encountered him at the inn, he threw a chair at her and her husband. Finally, he also escaped from the clutches of Mr Jaffers, the constable who had come to arrest him for his misdeeds. Lawless people like Griffin are very vengeful in nature and do not think about the safety and well-being of others in society. They are only self-obsessed, thinking about themselves.

Griffin was a brilliant scientist, as he discovered the scientific formula to make the human body invisible. This was indeed a big achievement in science. But he seemed to enjoy the feeling of power when he became invisible. He misused his discovery to satisfy his personal needs and got sadistic pleasure by hurting others. Although he was brilliant in his job, he was not a noble scientist who made contributions to the larger benefit of society. Therefore, his discovery of invisibility was made just for his own benefit.