The Psychological Influence On The Main Character’s Crimes In H.G. Wells’s The Invisible Man

Abstract

From the data analysis, it is known that the main character, Griffin, has been strongly influenced by his psychological condition in committing his crimes. The data has explained the state of the main character’s psychological condition while he commits the crimes. It is proved in the analysis that the main character’s pride, arrogance and anxiety influence his criminal behavior. The main character’s pride, arrogance, and anxiety are the most influencing factors in his crimes of terror and destructions. They lead him into a behavior of terrorizing others. In his way, the invisible man has frightened many people and disturbed people’s peace. It is also stated clearly that the main character’s anger and fear have influenced him strongly in maltreating other people. His temper and feeling afraid has provoked himself to hurt any other people as he wants. The lost of his temper and his fear makes him behave badly by hitting other persons as what he does toward Mr. Cuss, Mr. Bunting Mr. Marvel, Kemp and an old man. The data also shows the main character’s egoism and nerve as the influence in his burglaries. His egoism takes him into a condition in which he does not think for other’s goodness. He steals some money and a taxi for this reason. The main character’s nerve also gives a strong influence when he steals food, drink, and clothes. His nerve makes him incapable of controlling his behavior not to steal other’s properties. In such psychologically stressed condition, the main character prefers to fulfil his needs by stealing other’s belongings and money. On the basis of the data analysis, the two murders the main character has committed toward an old man and colonel Adye are much influenced by his anxiety and nerve. For his murder toward the old man, the main character’s anxiety and nerve comes from his suspicion for there is still a man wandering along the street alone. The villagers who are aware of the danger of the invisible man hide themselves inside their homes. They travel by trains with closed 41

windows and doors. They also equip themselves with guns to anticipate the main character’s attack. The main character is likely to suspect the old man and murder him for this reason of suspicion. His nerve is the reasonable influence for his murder against Adye. The main character’s nerve offers him no choice of behaving toward Adye’s reaction who tries to arrest him except attacking Adye back. He shoots Adye with a gun. Furthermore, the data analysis reveals that there is a strong influence of the main character’s psychological condition on his crimes. Through the analysis, it is clear enough to conclude that in doing all his crimes, the invisible man is much influenced by his psychological state of condition. The result of analysis has proved that the main character’s psychological influence has led him into some criminal behavior of terror, destruction, maltreatment, burglary, and murder. At last, some teachings can be gained from the discussion of the invisible man’s crimes. First, knowledge must be spread out, so some advantages can be used together in a community. The advantages of knowledge must be a point to develop human’s life, but not to use it alone or even to make it a tool to realize an arrogant dream. Second, it is really important to see psychological state of condition indeed. It must be learnt and practised in some ways to keep on improving our daily behaviour.