Tell about Novel Invisible Man ?
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- Abhishek
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Re: Tell about Novel Invisible Man ?
Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:06 pm
Griffin gives in to many of the same temptations. He robs. He injures.
- Abhishek
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:06 pm
He kills. With no one to witness the crimes, Griffin must be living the good life, right? We expect to read a tale similar to the tale of Gyges, about a character who walks through markets and takes whatever he likes, or walks into any house and heads straight to the bedroom, or indiscriminately (or discriminately) goes around murdering. But even though Griffin is guilty of his share of crimes, his goal is not to indulge in hedonism.
- Abhishek
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:06 pm
His goal is just the opposite: he wants to stop being invisible.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:07 pm
The plot centers around his desperate search for a scientific cure to return him to normal.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:07 pm
But why? Why would being invisible be so problematic especially if it offers the fulfillment of what I dare confess are universal fantasies?
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:07 pm
For starters, it is hard to be invisible. You need shoes, for example, even more than you need pants.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:07 pm
(Recall the last time you saw a streaker interrupt a sports game.
- Abhishek
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:07 pm
I bet the streaker was in sneakers?) Without shoes, an invisible man is at a serious disadvantage, for his feet are easily cut on rocks or glass.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:08 pm
Without clothing, he shivers hopelessly in the cold, and when in public, he is unable to navigate through a crowd.
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Without clothing, he shivers hopelessly in the cold, and when in public, he is unable to navigate through a crowd.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:08 pm
Being invisible, then, works against Griffin. It is a curse and ultimately leads to his death. As Griffin is captured (spoiler alert) and beaten to a pulp, he begs for mercy.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:08 pm
But the mob will not stop its attack on an invisible horror. Indeed, is it not the things we cannot see which disturb us the most — the noise in the night, the virus shrugged off by the doctor, the damn future?
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:08 pm
The mob bashes Griffin to a bloody pulp. His wincing and whining does nothing to stop the mob.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:08 pm
He is nothing but a noise in their head, a phobia manifested as a screeching, writhing blob, horrifying them which leads to an even more brutal thrashing.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:09 pm
Were Griffin visible the mob may have stopped. If the attackers could have seen his eyes roll back, the hands around his throat would have loosened their grip.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:09 pm
If they could have seen the torn flesh, the black bruises, the protruding bones, they would have halted their punches and kicks. Put simply, being visible would have saved Griffin’s life.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:09 pm
And if we care to apply the lessons of great literature to our own lives — and of course we should — we can contemplate what it means to be invisible, for example, in our personal lives and careers.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:09 pm
What gives us more power in our career, to be invisible or visible?
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:09 pm
The answer is obvious: we are more powerful when we are visible.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:10 pm
So if you want to rise to the top — then you should give more presentations, sit near the higher ups at meetings, serve on high profile committees, make others aware of your achievements, befriend people throughout the company from administrative assistants to basement IT guys.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:10 pm
Know this: if you’re the employee who comes in at 530am (when no one is there to ‘see’ you) and leaves at 830pm when no one ‘sees’ you, you are working hard, but perhaps not working smart?
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:10 pm
It’s probably unpleasantly obvious that being visible applies to one’s personal life as well.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:10 pm
Take parenting, for instance. You will have far more power (read ‘influence’ rather than ‘control’) over your children if you are there — visible — to them rather than invisible.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:10 pm
Being ‘invisible’ of course means never being around, or never paying attention to them when you are around.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:11 pm
So, if you want to improve your life and the life of your child, be visible — be at the ball games, be there at bed time, be there at dinner. Don’t be a Griffin. Griffin was invisible, bad enough.
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