Short Story Form 2 Cheat

SHORT STORY FORM 2: CHEAT! 1.

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Themes "ein# $ud#eme ntal

C%eatie &%itin# is not al&a's o%i#inal

Explanation and textual eidene Explanation  The short story story is revolved revolved around around the theme theme of being  judgemental.  judgemental. There are a few charac- ters can can be related related to this theme. They might jump into conclusion too soon and it caused misunderstanding. Examples Lynne is one of the characters who is judge- mental. After she read about the book written by illiam !radburie in the library" she was #lled with anger. $he said that %eo& is cheat- ing in the short story competition even though she has never read %eo&'s story before. Another person related to the theme is (arge. $he is the classmate for %eo& and (arge. hen %eo& mentioned that he wanted to be a barrister or lawyer" (arge labelled him as money minded. )t can be hurtful when we la- belled someone. Explanation A creative idea or innovation like is not always original because we will take idea and inspira- tion from di&erent resources to make improve- ment. The same goes with story writing" the originality does not really exist because our story's idea will come from the story that we read" our experience and our surrounding. Example Lynne emphasised the importance of originali- ty in the writing. hen she realised that %eo& is not cheating" she was wondering whether she had read any story related to the sheepdog in *ood. As for %eo& story" although his story idea is similar to illiam !radburie's story" (r +elos told Lynne that the story is still consider origi- nal and %eo& is not cheating.

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Mo%al (alues ,onesty and courage

erseverance

Avoid being  judgemental  judgemental

Explanation ,onesty and courage are about being brave to tell someone the truth. e must take responsibility to the mis- takes that we have done. )f we are perseverance" we will not give up easily even the job is challenging challenging or dicult. e will keep on trying until we achieve success. e must not be  judgemental  judgemental

Examples e consider that %eo& is an honest person. After Lynne shouted at %eo&" %eo& went to (r +elos oce to confess that he might be cheating due to the similarity of his story and illiam !radburie's story. Lynne used weeks to com- plete the miserable story. $he spent time to draft and rewrite the story. Although in the end" she won the second place in the competition" ) personally consider that it is a good re- sult from her hard work. After she read about the book written by illiam !radburie in

because the truth might be di&erent from what we think. )f we do not know the detail of the situation" we should not make the conclusion too soon.

the library" she was #lled with anger. $he said that %eo& is cheating in the short story competition even though she has never read %eo&'s story before.

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Textual eidene Lynne had a big dream to win the ,olmesatkins medal in the short story competition. hen the result announced" she felt really dis- appointed.  /ealous and vengeful Lynne was jealous and vengeful when %eo& won the competition. After she discovered that illiam !radburie's story was similar to %e- o&'s story" she wanted to take revenge by re- porting to (r +elos so that she could win back the medal. ersevering Lynne used weeks to complete the miserable story. $he spent time to draft and rewrite the story. Although in the end" she won the second place in the competition" ) personally consider that it is a good result from her hard work. -eo "olde% Textual eidene ,umorous %eo& tried to cheer Lynne by telling her a  joke. %eo& joked about how (r +elos picked the winner by climbing up to his lovely special mahagony desk and dropped both papers" and the papers that hit the *oor #rst wins. 0ealistic Although %eo& has potential in writing" he wants to be a barrister because he says that there is more money in law. ,onest %eo& confessed to (r +elos that he had read a book by the American ,umourist" illiam !radburie three years ago.

E/ERC0SE Read the extract from the short story and answer the questions that follow. “Lynne opened her eyes and gripped her seat……”  1. How did Lynne Webbings feel while she was waiting for the result?  _______________________________________________________________________  “She read it again. And again. The tips of her ears prickled with anger…… He did not write it at all, he just copied it down.”  2. Why did Lynne feel angry?

 _________________________________________________________________________________  “Later Lynne saw that all the rad!urie !ooks had !een taken fro" the school li!rary……”  3. What happens to the Bradburie’s book in the library? Who has taken the book and why?  __________________________________________________________________________________   __________________________________________________________________________________ 

“…… # read the !ook. There$s a story there a!out an elephant escaping in a park. #t is not "uch like %eoff$s story, !ut %eoff feels he took the idea fro" the !ook without realising it. He wants "e to dis&ualify hi" for cheating”  . What do you think? ! story of si"ilar idea but a different story# $an it be $onsidered as $heating?  __________________________________________________________________________________   __________________________________________________________________________________