What an interesting story!!! This really reminded me of The Wizard of Oz. Hans Prrall was being cared off in an air balloon to a different world, and comes back to tell his story. Of course, when he gets back they don't believe him, but the read is left to guess if it really happened or not. The story is about Hans, who says that he went to the moon to get out of some murders that he committed. he hopes that his wild story will get him out of the charges. The city officials decide that they should pardon him because of his story, but apparently the messenger goes missing.
I loved the descriptions of space as he was leaving Earth. I also liked that Poe recognized when Hans' goes up into space his breath would become labored or that he would have pain. I also liked that it was a day by day account of what was happening. I liked that when Hans came back that his balloon was covered in paper from Holland, and the paper wasn't from the moon. This was the reason the officials thought Hans couldn't have went to the moon.
I didn't like the density of the story. It was hard to read the first time through. I started to read it but soon found my mind drifting to other things and I wasn't able to stay with the story. I had to read a summary and then go back to read the story to fully understand what was happening. Also, with a class discussion it helped me fill the holes to what I was confused about or not getting.
So basically, I liked the story line. But I wish it was easier to read and maybe even just shorter. I think the story still could have been good if it was cut down by a third.
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