THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON: First book entry; The first meeting, the dissimilar friendship, the Cavorite.

When I began reading this Scientific- romance novel, written by H.G Wells I realized I was not reading something new, in fact I've seen, heard and read, a lot of stories like this; the journey, the two dissimilar friends, the spaceship, the aliens in the moon, etc..

The story is the next; an entrepreneur called Mr. Bedford was in a small town writing a play, he had no money so this was his only chance to make a fortune, one day he met the scientist Mr. Carvor a very eccentric guy and they became friends. After a while they started to work together, and Mr Cavor discovered a new substance called Cavorite which could repel gravity, so they constructed a spaceship with this substance. Obviously they travelled to the moon where they discovered an Alien species, and more than a few other secrets. The story is narrated by Mr. Bedford so it’s a book written in first person.

But as I kept reading I notice that there was something different about this book, first of all H.G Wells knew that he wasn’t writing something new, (In fact Jules Verne wrote the story first, among several other writers), he knew this wasn’t original, so this is a satirical book, full of symbolisms and hidden messages…

“-I´ve done it”

“- You have. What on earth caused that explosion? “

(page 22)

This quote is when Mr Cavor discovered the Cavorite, this was the substance that permit both characters to reach the moon, in my way of thinking this a cheap way to explain how they achieve getting to the moon, because they described this material as something that repels gravity, of course when this was written this was another time, and as H.G Wells used to say he doesn’t let that science stop his imagination.

Vocabulary;

Tattered: Something that is in bad condition.

I tattered my clotting when I was playing rugby.