HG Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. He was an English writer, most famous today for his science fiction novels. He was a profilic writer of both fiction and non fiction but unfortunately died on the 13th of August 1946. He wrote many famous science fiction novels such as The War of The Worlds and The Time Machine.
The short story the Red Room begins with a young man who dares himself to go into a haunted room. The 3 custodians that are at the beginning of the story try and caution him off but fail and the young man proceeds to the room and locks the door. The first thing that H.G Wells does in this story is describe the 3 custodians. He deliberately tries to make them sound creepy and horrid to add to the atmosphere.
The first custodian, an old wrinkled man with a withered arm is the first person that the young man talks to. This custodian is seen as horrid because back in the time that the story was set in people with disabilities were seen as freaky and were looked down upon. H.G Wells also makes the first custodian sound creepy by making him repeat the same phrase throughout his time in the story ‘ It’s your own choosing’, this would add to the atmosphere as it seems that the custodian has been possessed by something. Also, it’s as if the first custodian is saying that phrase as a type of warning to the young man and by saying this it’s as if the custodian is saying if you want to go up there it’s your choice but it’s none of my responsibility.