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To finance his experiments, Griffin robs his own father, who apparently had stolen the money himself, and who commits suicide after being robbed by his son.
I think there is no reason to assume, the money had been stolen by Griffin's father. Wells' book covers the whole incident with just two sentences uttered by Griffin himself:
“I robbed the old man—robbed my father. The money was not his, and he shot himself.” (End of chapter 19)
That's all. Now how can you derive from that that it had been stolen money? Furthermore, why would a man shoot himself after losing stolen goods? It does not make sense to me.
What has always seemed much more plausible to me is to assume, that it was money that had been lent or otherwise entrusted to Griffin's father. In this case he would not have been able to pay it back or would have lost something he had been trustee of. Much more reason to kill oneself.
I am changing the article accordingly! Nebogipfel ( talk) 20:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Character also appeared in Sanctuary TV series. DinthKSC ( talk) 21:38, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Should we really include other invisible men who are not named Griffin and seem to have no direct connection to him ? -- Beardo ( talk) 05:17, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
Why has the article omitted the 1984 BBC TV adaptation? It's a fairly faithful version of Wells' classic, even down to the character's name; and what's more, it already has its own Wikipedia article. Nuttyskin ( talk) 22:49, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
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Currently the article contains the following statement:
To finance his experiments, Griffin robs his own father, who apparently had stolen the money himself, and who commits suicide after being robbed by his son.
I think there is no reason to assume, the money had been stolen by Griffin's father. Wells' book covers the whole incident with just two sentences uttered by Griffin himself:
“I robbed the old man—robbed my father. The money was not his, and he shot himself.” (End of chapter 19)
That's all. Now how can you derive from that that it had been stolen money? Furthermore, why would a man shoot himself after losing stolen goods? It does not make sense to me.
What has always seemed much more plausible to me is to assume, that it was money that had been lent or otherwise entrusted to Griffin's father. In this case he would not have been able to pay it back or would have lost something he had been trustee of. Much more reason to kill oneself.
I am changing the article accordingly! Nebogipfel ( talk) 20:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Character also appeared in Sanctuary TV series. DinthKSC ( talk) 21:38, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Should we really include other invisible men who are not named Griffin and seem to have no direct connection to him ? -- Beardo ( talk) 05:17, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
Why has the article omitted the 1984 BBC TV adaptation? It's a fairly faithful version of Wells' classic, even down to the character's name; and what's more, it already has its own Wikipedia article. Nuttyskin ( talk) 22:49, 17 February 2024 (UTC)