Critique of "The Invisible Man" The goal of every person is to find their place in society. The journey itself is a hard one, but sometimes unforeseen obstacles make this journey nearly impossible. The book, The Invisible Man, takes us along the journey with a man that has no name. You may think that it is odd not to give the main character of a book a name, but if you think about it, what purpose does a name serve? Isn't is said that a man's actions speak louder than his words? In this story, the man's actions go hand in hand with his words, to make him desired by some, feared and hated by other