The Return of the Moon

Man

Diogo Almeida,
Gonçalo Pereira,
Tiago Azevedo
11th A
 Eric Malpass
 He was born on 14th November 1910 in the
East Midlands.
 An English novelist known by his funny and
witty (clever/amusing) descriptions of rural
family life.
 He also wrote historical fiction, most of them
from themes of Middle Ages and Edwardian
Period (1901-1910).
 He studied at the King Henry VIII School,
Coventry.
 Eric Malpass
 He had one son and he lived in Long Eaton.

 He died on 16th October 1996.

 He has just made a short story: “The Return of

the Moon Man” in 1954.

 He had filmed versions mainly in Germany.

The story…
 Main characters
 Bronwen – the granddaughter. She is the
narrator.

 Griffiths – the grandfather. An old-fashionable

man.

 Gran – the grandmother. She’s a progressive

woman.

 Llewellyin Time Machine – he got married to

Gran.
 Language and style

 The short story combines Science fiction,

ballads, children literature and folk sagas. But
the short story has most ironical, satirical and
funny elements.
 Parts of the story
 The astronaut bit the tong when the space-ship
launched sudden (and consequently couldn’t go
to the moon).
 “Gone (…) Clean as a whistle”.
 Gran thought that could touch the moon or
even see her husband.
 “Well, there is sly for you”.
 “Wonderful it was”.
 Parts of the story
 Gran thought that her husband was dead just
because the moon had disappeared.
 “Damp, the nunnery looked”.
 Grandfather went to the moon without any
preparation.
 “[Didn’t happen any moon adventures before
because]The weather was bad, or someone's
auntie died, or there was an eclipse.”
 Why is the text satirical ?

 Wales…

 Technology…