H.G Wells' story, The Red Room

The conflict between the rational and the irrational, is central to the power of H.G Wells’ story, “The Red Room” Discuss. The character of the narrator is important to the way the story works. Wells adopts the persona of a well educated, articulate young man who has great confidence in the powers of his own rational thought. He views the supernatural with great scepticism. His opening words are: “I can assure you, that it …showed first 75 words of 2273 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2273 total…that the room is haunted. It is obviously difficult for the man to accept that he was wrong, but he does admit that the room is in fact haunted. Suddenly he no longer looks upon the custodians as old people who have heads full of superstition and stories, but as people who perhaps understand much more about it than he initially thought, and as people who are much wiser and more knowledgeable than he is.