1. Short Story:
Group:
by Eric Malpass
Pedro Amado, Miguel Pimenta, Diogo Carvalho,
Tiago Monteiro & Danilo Fernandes
CAIC, 2011/2012

2. Index:
 The Author: Eric Malpass;
 Plot Summary;
 Title Explanation;
 Main Characters;
 Relevant Quotes;
 Author’s Intentions:
 Wales;
 Technology;
 Black Death;
 Love.
 Future in 2500

3. Eric Malpass
 Was born in the UK in 1910
 Died in 1996
 Writes historical fiction books
 Also worked at BBC
 “The Return of The Moon Man” is his
only short story.

4. Plot Summary
 The narrator of the story is Bronwen, the
granddaughter.
 The story takes place in 2500 and talks
about a family who lives in a farm. When
the family brought electricity to the farm.
Grandpa didn’t like the idea, he thought it
was “Devil’s Invention”.
 Then, suddenly, a space-ship landed on
the farm because one of the astronauts
was ill. Grandpa took his place without
telling the rest of the family.

5. Plot Summary
 Grandma was so sad that she married a
Time Machine Repairman and went on
honeymoon to 1954.
 When Grandpa came back, he bought a
time machine and went after his wife, only
to find out that her new husband died with
Black Death and that she had no plans of
coming back.
 Later we find out that Grandma joined a
nunnery.

6. Title Explanation
THE RETURN OF THE
MOON MAN

7. Main Characters
 Grandpa;
 Grandma;
 Dad;
 Bronween;
 Llewllyn Time Machine;

8. Relevant Quotes
 “The astronaut bit the tong when the
space-ship launched sudden (and
consequently couldn’t go to the
moon)”
 “Gran thought that her husband was
dead just because the moon had
disapppeared!”

9. Author’s Intention
Wales;
Technology;
 Black Death;
 Love.

10. Wales
 Old fashioned;
 Characterized Names;
 No electricity in 2500.

11. Technology
 Grandma wasn’t satisfied;
 Space-ship landed on a farm;
 Ruined Grandpa’s marriage;
 Llewllyn was into technology and died
because of it.

12. Technology
 Advantages;
 Disadvantages.

13. Black Death
 Llewllyn died with it;
 Usual in Middle Ages;
 Painful way to die.

14. Love
 Grandpa abandoned Grandma;
 Grandma didn’t trust him so she ran away;
 Both ended up alone.

15. Future in 2500