Griffen’s experience with invisibility turns out to differ from what he expected. Does it go badly because of him? What traits does Griffen possess that poison the experience?

Griffin, the medical student, discovers how to make himself invisible, but as a result loses his sanity. The novel is a cautionary tale, warning that a person's intellectual achievement must still contend with more primitive drives. Griffin doesn't start out with bad intentions but this very ability to become invsible actually makes his former identity invisible: he changes and not for the better.