As the sociologists think, in nearly every society, being seen and seeing may be the basis for the social morality. So a transparent man also means one will have the ability of throwing off all the bounds of ordinary morality and living in an individual universe by himself out of the society. .
It is obvious that all of these cannot be accepted by the public. As mortal people think, the mental threat of the invisible man to their everyday life overweighs the invisible man himself. Although the invisible man at first think he will not do harm to the public, he is not accepted by the public anyway. People can bear when the government deprives them of their possessions, but they cannot tolerate an invisible man doing so. They can live happily in a society full of observing eyes but cannot allow an invisible man wandering around. In brief, they can bear a Reign of Terror by the group, yet cannot accept an individual's Reign of Terror.
Therefore, people form a group and the massive hunting for the invisible man begins after the disclosure of the secret of invisibility. Following is a scene, which shows the vivid reaction of the public toward the invisible man when he first reveals himself in public.
There were excited cries of "Hold him!- "Invisible!- and so forth, and a young fellow, a stranger rushed in at once and fell over the constable prostrate body. Half-way across the road a woman screamed as something pushed by her; a dog, kicked apparently, yelped and ran howling and ran into Huxter's yard .
The cries, the screaming of the woman all vividly show the apparently hostile attitude toward the invisible man and the mass panic. What they wanted is to capture him and kill him, without concerning about the great scientific discovery of invisibility.
Griffin gained great success in his scientific research, which makes himself have the supernatural ability of mobility. But it is also this discovery separates him from the public, which causes his death at last.