The science fiction novel The Invisible Man was written by H G Wells Griffin is an optics researcher who develops a mechanism to change a bodys refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light Griffin is the scientist referred to as The Invisible Man in the title He uses this procedure on himself to turn invisible but he is powerless to reverse it The English community of Iping West Sussex is visited by a mysterious figure known as quotthe strangerquot He is very introverted irascible and withdrawn He works with various chemicals and lab equipment in his rooms the majority of the day Former medical student The Invisible Man is an albino who turned away from medicine to focus on optics He created chemicals that can make bodies invisible which he initially tested on a cat before using on himself The Invisible Man kills a bystander while on the run after him after arming himself with an iron rod He declares that Kemp will be the first person to die during the quotReign of Terrorquot the next day The epilogue reveals that Marvel has kept Griffins papers in secret and has built a prosperous business with the money that was stolen He cannot understand the Greek and Latin of the coded notes thus he is unable to interpret them
