Literature Form4

Poems
In The Midst Of hardship

He Had Such Quiet Eyes
Short Stories
QWERTYUIOP
The Fruitcake Special
Drama
Gulp and Gasp
Poem : In The Midst of hardship

Meaning
Style and Language
Analysis
Setting
Themes
Literary Device
Tone and Mood
The Poem Line by Line
Speaker
Lessons Learnt
Poem : He Had Such Quiet Eyes

Meaning and Anal
ysis
Contrast
Themes
Tone
Speaker
Style and Langua
ge
Textual Evidence
Literary Device
Repetition
Lessons
Moral
Short Story : QWERTYUIOP

Summary
Style and Language
The plot
Main Characters
Theme
Minor Characters
Mood
Point of View
Setting
Literary Device
Quality of Characters
Lessons and Moral
Short Story : QWERTYUIOP

Main/minor Characters
Lucy Beck
Luck Beck
Miss Broome
Miss Broome and

her spirit
Harry Drake
Miss Broome (The

Spirit of)
Harry Drake
Mr Ross
Mr Ross
Uncle Bert
Uncle Bert
Mrs Price
Lucys Mum
Lucys Mum
Short Story : The Fruitcake Special

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Characters
The plot
Diction-Literary
Meaning
Theme and Mood

Point of View
Setting
Style and Language
Diction-Phrases
Lessons and Moral
Short Story : The Fruitcake Special

Characters
Anna
Anna
David Amos
David Amos
Annas Mother
Annas Mother
Aunt Mimi
Sabina
Sabina
Armstrong
Armstrong
The waiter
The Waiter
The Old Lady
Strange Old Woman
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Characters
Analysis
Diction-Literary Meaning
The plot
Diction-Phrases
Theme and Mood
Point of View
Tongue Twisters
Setting
Idioms
Language and Style
Lessons and Values
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Characters
Lord septic
Crouch
Rose
Percy
Lord septic
Crouch
Rose
Percy
Meaning
Stanza
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Meaning
The first stanza cleverly describes the
difficulties or hardship faced by the couple.
No reasons are given as to why they are
facing those difficulties.
The poet describes the horrendous flood
and the danger it had brought.
Then the poet mentions the reason why
the couple went through the hardship in
stanza one.
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Meaning
Stanza
Meaning
The 3rd stanza reveals all.
The reason they are going through the

hardship, mentioned in stanza one without
much fanfare is because it is a normal or
an everyday affair.
Although they had gone through a life
threatening situation as described in stanza 2,
the fact that they were making jokes indicates
they were seasoned and complacent.
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Analysis
The key to the poem is in the midst.

The poet is not stating that the couple is facing
hardship but that hardship seems to be second
nature to them and is a fact of life for them too.
It is in the midst of this hardship that the couple
face the loss of their sons albino buffalo.
A priced possession, more so as it belonged to
their beloved son.
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Analysis
Firstly, the couple face normal hardship (lack of

utilities etc), secondly there is a flood, thirdly the
buffalo, an albino, seems to be a pet rather
than a beast of burden or a source of income.
In the middle of all this hardship, the couple face
the loss of their sons pet.
The fact that they may not be able to recover the
buffalo does not dash their hopes for they seem
to be in a joyful mood, taking the hardships as
another page of life!
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Themes
1. The poem is a reminder to the young and old of
how much hardship parents will go through for
their children.
Secondly the hardship which they go through
may seem to be second nature to them but the
degree of hardship they go through may be
above common threshold.
2. The love of parents for their children knows no
bounds.
Even the possibility of death will not hinder the
parents to protect or do something for the sake
of their children.
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Tone and Mood

The poet sets a sombre tone in the beginning
and slowly brings the poem to a point of mystery,
after which he takes the tempo higher before
revealing the answer to the mystery.
Speaker
The poem is narrated in a third persons point of
view. However it should be noted that the detailed
narration suggests a first hand experience of the
events which should be contrasted with the poets
detached point of view of the events.
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Style and Language
The poem is a translation from a malay

poem. Consequently the style and language
may be slightly inappropriate however it
should be noted that the 3 stanzas of the
poem is a free flow with prominence given to
subject matter rather than style. It is
appreciated that translation does not
produce an exact impression as we would
desire.
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Setting
Internal setting
The internal setting seems to be only the

kitchen of their home.
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Setting
External setting
The setting is perhaps a village which is prone to
floods.
It could be a town nearby a river.
There is no indication that the couples house is
affected. Most probably it is not affected.
As they own a buffalo, it seems to be a village but there
are small towns where buffalos are kept for their milk or
only brought to the fields during planting season etc.
It should also be noted that the buffalo is more of a pet,
if so, it is also possible that the couple are in a small
town.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Dawn
Literal
Brows
meaning
Despair
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Meaning and comment

Daybreak, first light of day.
Forehead.
State/circumstance of losing
all hope.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Horrendous Horrifying.
Literal
meaning
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Carcasses
Dead body of animal/man.
Albino
Animal/human being born

without natural colouring
matter in the skin/
hair/(whitish) eyes (pinkish).
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Sigh
Take and exhale a deep

breath that can be heard.
(indicating sadness/
tiredness/ relief)
A sign of
despair
No indication (no wrinkled

brow) that they had lost
hope.
Literal
meaning
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Meaning and comment
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Literal
meaning
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Born
They were born in a very
amidst
(hardcore) poor, family.
hardship
Without a Accepted their fate and
sigh or
never questioned anyone or
complaint Made an issue of that fact.
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The Poem line by line

The poem
line by line
Meaning and comments
A positive imagery.
At dawn they We can imagine people of all walks
returned
of life walking and returning home.
home
(Later we realise its only the couple)
Their soaky
clothes torn
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A negative imagery.
The peoples clothes are wet and
torn.
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The poem
line by line
And
approached
the stove
A positive imagery as we realise

that they are going to the stove
for the heat.
Their limbs
marked by
scratches
A negative imagery.
Both their legs and arms have scratch
marks.
Some perhaps bloodied, some swollen.
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The poem
line by line
A negative imagery.
Their legs full
Pictures of cuts and fresh wounds
of wounds
can be imagined quite easily.
But on their
brows
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A nuetral imagery.
The forehead is seen together with
the face perhaps.
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The poem
line by line
There was
not a sign of
despair

A positive imagery.
The forehead is flat, no sign of
raised eyebrows and wrinkled
Forehead.
The whole
24 hours had passed.
day and night
No visual imagery.
just passed
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The poem
line by line
They had to
brave the
horrendous
flood

A negative imagery.
The poets heroes had to endure the
horrible flood to return home safe.
A negative imagery.
They were in the water all the time but
In the water all
we are not sure how deep the water is.
the time
(Ankle, waist, chest deep....
Were they swimming... Not stated)
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The poem
line by line
Between
bloated
carcasses
A negative imagery.
Dead animals which were full of gas
as the flesh was degenerating due to
germs etc.
And tiny
chips of tree
barks
A negative imagery.
Signification of trees destroyed.
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The poem
line by line
A negative imagery.
Desperately Desperate situation.
looking for
The poet reveals that the heroes are
their sons
actually a couple.
Albino
buffalo that
was never
found
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A negative imagery.
A picture of a white buffalo with red
eyes, a rare buffalo, lost and will never
be found. A sad incident.
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The poem line
by line
They were
born amidst
hardship
A negative imagery.
Hardcore poor comes to mind.
A positive imagery.
And grew up Although poor sturdy and
without a sigh
or a complaint determined people comes to
mind.
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The poem line
by line
Now they are A positive imagery.

in the kitchen,
They
are
safe
and
sound.
making
Jokes while
rolling their
cigarette
leaves
A positive imagery.
Happy and unperturbed by the
events earlier.
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Lessons Learnt
Life is no bed of roses. If we accept that it is so,

we will go through life with zest and be able to
live happily in the midst of the hardship. Do not
underestimate the difficulties and the hardship
parents go through to make us into worthwhile
adults.
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Meaning and Analysis

1. The poet explains the trickery involved in young
women being deceived by men.
The main warning is, do not be deceived by the
mens innocent appearance.
2. Dignity.
Women or men for that matter, should have some
dignity for themselves and carry themselves with
utmost self respect.
When either one diverts away from that border
or control it should ring warning bells to the
concerned.
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3. The victim is also depicted as deceiving herself
by thinking that the mans action are genuine
although warnings have been given about men.
Having knowledge that there is a risk, she
plunges in nonetheless.
The simple rule is if one has considered the
risk and goes on to take the risk, it becomes
difficult to blame the other party. The risk taker
has to face the consequences. The lesson the
poet forwards is Dont take the risk.
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4. It should be noted, that the difficulty is to
decide if a man is genuinely nice.
The poet merely advises that one should
determine that a person who is nice is really
nice.
5. The question what is nice?
What is not nice?
What is the degree of nice so that one can
determine whether the man is really nice is left
in a limbo.
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6. The final advice the poet gives is a generalistic
advice that if one needs to decide, one should
have the courage to let go rather than give in
to mens sexual advances.
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Contrast
1. ...two pools of lies, layered with thinnest eyes
with were breathing desolate sighs, imploring her
to be nice, and to render him paradise.
(note: both of the meaning refers to quiet eyes)
What the woman in the poem thought was that,
his quiet eyes were a sign of loneliness,
sadness and pity and that he needed
companionship and a shoulder to cry on.
She thought that he needed someone to make
him happy and motivated.
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Contrast
But it is not so.
He had made her think like that by camouflaging his
true intentions.
The quiet sad eyes were actually icy cold and pitiless
stares.
The poet had cleverly joined the contrasting lines
with the line To her, those quiet eyes making the
contrast seamless.
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Contrast
2. Nice really means nice.
The difficulty with this phrase is, what is nice
and what is really means nice.
The poet requests the woman to be able to
differentiate a deceptive nice and a genuine
real nice
The poets answer seems to be.
It is a risk, and when confronted with a similar
situation, its ok to lose in the game of love rather
than losing ones dignity.
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Themes
The poem is advisory in nature.

It is directly targeted at young females.
The simple advise is that one should not give in
too easily to mans desire until and unless one
is sure that the man is genuinely concerned and
genuinely would take care of the female.
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Tone
Advisory.
We can just picture a motherly figure advising her
young.
The tone, although can be regarded as stern, can
also be regarded as friendly and in a pleasant
manner.
Speaker
The poet has taken a position of an outsider in the
poem, she is writing from a 3rd party perspective.
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Style and Language

Once a while it is nice to read a poem which has its
last words rhyming. The poet has done a good job and
her command of the english language is appreciative.
The simple everyday words used bears deep
meanings of social tones. This makes the poem
exceptional.
Although there are 3 stanzas. the flow is so smooth
that there need not be so many stanzas. The
differentiation however, is that the first stanza
concentrates on him, the second on her and the third
on the advice. A superb poem in style and language.
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Textual Evidence
Textual Literary
evidence device
Quiet
Literal
meaning
Meaning and comment

No sound.
Figurative
Gentle or secretive.
meaning
Literal
meaning
Pools
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Quantity of liquid/water lying on a

surface.
Figurative Part of a river where the water
meaning is calm and deep. (Still water runs
deep)
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Textual Evidence
Textual Literary
evidence device
Literal
meaning
Ice
Desolate
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Meaning and comment

Water made solid by cold/
temperature below 0 degrees.
Unemotional person, made cold.

Figurative
(Phrase: Thinnest ice - A dangerous
meaning
emotionless person).
Literal
meaning
Unlived in.
Figurative Friendless (not having friend)

meaning Lonely and sad Neglected state.
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Textual Evidence
Textual
evidence
Sigh
Literary
device
Meaning and comment
Literal
meaning
Take and exhale a deep breath..
Figurative Indication of sadness.

meaning (tiredness or relief)
Literal
Imploring
meaning
Continue
Request earnestly, persistently.

Dont want no for an answer.
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Textual Evidence
Textual Literary
evidence device
Nice
Paradise
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Meaning and comment
Literal
meaning
Pleasant, agreeable, kind,

friendly.
Literal
meaning
Heaven.
Figurative Any place of perfect happiness,

meaning a perfect happiness.
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Textual Evidence
Textual
evidence
Literary
device
Render
Literal
meaning
Give.
Literal
meaning
A settlement where neither

side gets what it requests for.
Meaning and comment
Compromise
Figurative Imperil the safety of herself.

meaning (by folly or rashness)
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Pleasure
Figurative seeking
guys
Meaning and comment

Playboy, men who are only
after enjoyment and not
interested in responsibility.
Questions people will ask,

Hows
Figurative
Questioning, Gossip, Things
and whys
people talk behind ones back.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Nice
really
Figurative
means
nice
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Meaning and comment

Truly kind, pleasant, friendly
and not kind, pleasant, or
friendly due to some other
reason, not having a hidden
reason for being nice.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Metaphor Dice
Continue
Meaning and comment

Small cubes of wood, bone or
plastic marked with (usually)
numbers used in games.
Taking risks or acting
dangerously.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Lose
Metaphor your
heart
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Meaning and comment
Falling in love, get infactuated

with another usually the
opposite sex.
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Repetition
In the first stanza and second stanza there is a
repetition of the phrase quiet eyes sending chills
and an ominous sign to the reader.
A reminder to the reader that quiet eyes be it cold
or clouded with icy cold stares, should be
approached cautiously.
The repetition should also be noted as contrasting
with the erroneous perception of the woman.
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Lessons
1. Pity for others, charity, kind heartedness and
honesty are all good traits and should be
condoned and nurtured from young.
Together with those good traits one should also
be taught to discern trickery and tricksters who
use these good traits to prey.
2. God blesses a person who gives advise, God
blesses a thousand times more, a person who
heeds that advise. (Iranian proverb)
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Lessons
3. The eyes are the windows to the soul.
Whether a person is deceitful or not can be
discovered if one looks carefully at his eyes.
The man was able to camouflage his true
intentions.
The lesson is, eyes are windows to the soul, only
if, one is able to interpret it correctly/or read them
correctly.
The woman was not able to.
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Lessons
4. The rule is, if the man is a pleasure seeking guy,
playboy, or if a man requests for pleasure the
woman should not compromise at all.
5. When does a female need to decide?
a. If the man is genuinely nice;
b. To decide to give in to the mans advances and
request.
She has to really decide if the man is genuinely in
love with her, if not, its ok to lose your heart
once or twice but not your chastity.
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Moral
In certain cultures, traditionally, chastity is to be
guarded more than ones life.
If these traditions are strictly practised and
heeded the problems faced by the woman in the
poem can be reduced.
The male gender should be properly disciplined to
respect others and to respect that certain things
like sex, is to be practised after marriage with
their spouses only.
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Summary
1. Qwertyuiop (the 1st 10 letters in a typewritter) is
a story of a ghost, Miss Broome, who is haunting
the electric typewritter at Ross & Bannister.
Lucy Beck, 17yr old, underachiever who
graduated from Belmont Secretarial College is
appointed as secretary at Ross & Bannisters.
2. From the 1st day, Lucy is terrorised by the ghost.
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3. The fact that Lucy is poor and needed the job so
badly, forced her to stay and fight the ghost.
A fierce typewritting battle ensued, with the
ghosts furious typing and Lucys unbending
force of brushing those words with white fluid.
Lucy won the battle.
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4. Mr Darke, an old, retired employee of Ross &
Bannister who is now a janitor of sorts, explained
about Miss Broome to Lucy.
He told Lucy, that Miss Broom was told to resign
for her own good as she had difficulty reading
due to her bad eyesight, and her hands were
stiff (suffering from a arthrities).
After passing away, Miss Broome then began
haunting the typewriter.
The ghost did not allow anyone to work in Ross &
Bannister as a secretary.
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5. Uncle Bert was Lucys uncle.
Lucys mom was taking care of him although he
was an alcoholic.
One day, Lucy was nasty to him, and Uncle Bert
told her that she had no right to be judge and jury
that she did not know how it was, not to be
wanted.
He said that a little kindness can go a long way.
Lucy learnt her lesson and apologised to her
uncle.
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6. She summoned the ghost in the typewriter and
was kind to the ghost, and lastly tricked the ghost
of Miss Broome to leave the typewriter.
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The plot
1. Introduction
Lucy Beck gets a job as a Secretary at Ross &
Bannister that has a reputation of secretaries who
dont remain there for long.
2. The reason
On her 1st day, she receives a sarcastic
statement that, she might not last long from
the maintenance guy, Harry Darke.
While typing she discovers that the typewriter is
haunted by a ghost, Miss Broome.
Lucy battles with the ghost and wins.
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The plot
3. Why?
She discovers from Harry Darke that Miss
Broome is a former secretary, who was forced to
resign.
After passing away, the ghost of Miss Broome
returned to haunt the typewriter to disallow
anyone else doing her job.
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The plot
4. Solution.
Lucy uses what she had learnt to make the ghost
leave the typewriter.
5. No more troubles and Lucy continues working
successfully.
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Theme
1. However inadequate you are, if you have
determination, persistence and a bit of emphathy
you can succeed.
2. An eye for any eye will only make the whole
world blind.
Fighting is not a solution for everything.
A little bit of kindness can go a long way
...it can even melt a heart of stone.
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Mood
A desperate situation full, of despair but was
converted into an exciting and hopeful situation.
Point of view
As the story unfolds from Lucys point of view, its a
3rd person point of view.
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Setting
1. Belmont Secretarial College
2. Lucys home - the kitchen
3. Ross and Bannisters Office
4. The bright shops seen from the office window
5. Graveyard
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Style and Language

The story has a clear structure and a signature
style of the author (the supernatural). A twist here
and there with peculiar subject and plot makes the
story interesting at every new sentence.
Not only is the structure of the story precise and
detailed but even the last sentence arouses
interest.
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Main Characters
Lucy Beck
1. 17 years old, has only one O level (Not very
intelligent).
Poor family.
Mum supports alcoholic uncle.
Throughout the story Lucys father is not
mentioned.
(If so, the mum is a single parent and the
reason for some of their problems and the
reason the uncle was living with them).
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Main Characters
Lucy Beck
2. Crucially needs a job to make ends meet.
Her difficult life had hardened her.
She seems to have a stern, determined and
hardy character.
Eventually softens up to becoming more kind
hearted.
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Main Characters
Miss Broome
Before death
Miss Broome was a secretary at Ross & Bannister
for 43 years.
She was alone and had no family.
The office was everything to her.
As she became long sighted she was unable to see
clearly, and was asked to resign.
In addition to that she was accustomed to a slow
method of typing.
She was jealous of new staffs who were able to type
faster.
She was stern and ruled the office.
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Main Characters
Miss Broome (the spirit of)
After death
The spirit of Miss Broome possessed the

typewriter.
The spirit did not like the new secretaries and
frightened them away.
It was able to control the typewriter keys, shake the
typewriter, and was able to make the typewriter
hum.
The spirit was bitter that she was asked to leave
the office but seemed to cry when she was told that
she was still needed by her former boss.
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Minor Characters
Harry Darke
An elderly man with small dark eyes, thick white
hairs, weak legs.
Was working at R & B for 30 years, retired.
Now working as a handy man, messenger even
office boy and a fix-all.
Knows all the goings-on at the office as he is the
only employee who is still with R & B.
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Minor Characters
Mr Ross
Part owner of R&B.
(Bannister passed away).
Lucys Boss.
Usually at the factory in the morning comes to
office erratically.
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Minor Characters
Uncle Bert
He is Lucys uncle.
Her mums brother.
He was also an Alcoholic and requests money
from his sister often.
Unemployed.
At home most of the time.
He was kind to Lucy and knew her from young.
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Minor Characters
Lucys mun
She is a caring mum.
Is aware of her daughters fallibility/weaknesses.
She is a kind lady considering she took her
brother back after chasing him away.
It could be a sign that she was lonely too.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Vacancy
Unoccupied, condition of
being empty.
Literal
Very surprising, greatly
Astonished
surprised.
meaning
Enormous
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Very great, immense.

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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Strong feeling of interest

Enthusiasm
or admiration.
Literal
Hint
meaning
Anxiety
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Indirect suggestion or
indication.
Troubled, strongly wishing.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Duvets
Literal
Hobbling
meaning
Courtesy
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Meaning and comment

Bed quilt. (filled with
feathers etc)
Walk as when lame,
stumbling/limping.
Good manners, kind.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Awkward
Not well designed for use,

likely to cause
inconvenience or difficulty.
Literal
meaning Scalded
Slope
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Burn with hot liquid or

steam.
Position or direction at an
angle.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Briskly
Literal
Daffodils
meaning
Tingling
(tingle)
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Meaning and comment

Active, lively, quick
moving.
Yellow flower with long
narrow leaves.
Have a pricking or stinging
feeling.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Literal
meaning
Continue
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Grimly
Severe, forbidding.
Defiance
Resist openly, refuse to

obey/follow.
Castanets
Instruments of hardwood
or ivory used in pairs on
fingers to make a rattling
sound.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Pathetically Sad, pitiful.

Literal
meaning
Modest
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Having or showing a not

too high an opinion of
ones merit/ability.
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Literary Device
Literary
device
Literal
meaning
Textual
evidence
Silk or linen material with

designs shown up by
Damasked
reflection of light. (from
Damascus)
Warily
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Meaning and comment
Cautious.
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device
Figurative phrase
Textual evidence
Idiomatic
expression
It is not easy to get jobs, it

Jobs dont grow
is not as easy as plucking
on trees (pg 9)
fruits from trees.
Meaning and comment
Although he was outwardly

A hint of anxiety smiling, there was a little
Juxtaposition behind his smile touch of uncertainty in his
smile, an anxious expression
(pg11)
coupled with a smile.
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device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
So scared that one runs

Frightened
Metaphor
away from the source of
rat (pg13)
the fear.
Breathing
Metaphor down her
neck
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Watching or commenting
on every move she
makes.
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device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Sunlight
The rays of sunlight when
Streamed
penetrating a darker area is
Imagery
through
seen as if like a stream of light.
the window
Goose
Pimples
Imagery
shivering
her flesh
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A sudden feeling which makes

the hair on our skin stand up and
a wave of shiver seem to move
from one part of the body to
another.
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Idiomatic
Leave the comforts of

Go out into
home etc and experience
the world
and learn the outside
and win
world to eventually
(pg9)
become successful.
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device
Textual
evidence
Her
confidence
Metaphor suddenly
evaporated
(pg9)
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Meaning and comment

All her belief in herself
broke down into
nothingness, she did not
have belief in her
capability anymore.
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Literary
Device
Textual
evidence
In the tone
of
someone,
Figurative wishing a
snowman a
Irony
Happy
Summer
(pg9)
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Meaning and comment
Summer is the snowmans

enemy as he would melt.
A sarcasm.
The tone of Mrs.price was
with sarcasm or
apprehension or doubt.
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Contrast
and
imagery
Had a lonely
O level...
strings of O
level (pg10)
Only one O level

compared to many.
Imagery
Make a
tortoise laugh
(pg9)
Slower than a tortoise,

too slow.
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Imagery
Demeanour and look of

Mouse
the person is so
coloured,
inconspicous, small
Easily
person and perhaps
Overlooked personality is not
(pg9)
interesting.
Not noticeable.
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device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
At a loss to
Figurative
answer
Unable to speak out as

if having a mental
block.
Sick of 2nd
Figurative
hand clothes
Extremely unhappy of
wearing old clothes
used by others/hand
me-downs.
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Imagery
Jumble sailors A hotchpotch of people

on the rough who are trying to go
sea of life.
through a difficult.
Meaning and comment
Sudden doubt
(Usually the poor) life.
Idiomatic in his voice
Unsure of oneself.
(pg10)
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and
comment
Figurative
Never trusted
luck (pg11)
Did not believe that

there is such thing as
luck.
Personification
Stranger
coming late to
the door
(pg11)
Unknown person who

comes to the house
late at night causes
suspiciousness.
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Smoothed
down her
Imagery
windy hair
(pg12)
Simile
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Eyes like
currant (pg12)
Meaning and comment

Straighten her
disheveled hair which
was caught in the wind.
The black of the eye
looked like dried
grapes.
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Thick icing of
Imagery white hair
(pg12)
Meaning and comment

Hair was thick but
white/grey.
Hobbling up the Walking slowly like a

Imagery
stairs (pg12)
person who is lame.
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Literary Textual
device
evidence
Imagery
Jingling a
bunch of keys
(pg12)
Punctuality is
Idiomatic a courtesy of
Kings (pg12)
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Meaning and comment

Carrying keys which
make sharp sounds as
they dangle against
each other.
For Kings coming late
is normal, if they do
come on time it is
regarded abnormal.
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Idiomatic
A hard
necessity for
new brooms
(pg12)
A difficult but important

task or agenda or
requirement for new
workers.
Imagery &
Symbol
Come into the

A bad person
parlour...said
requesting the victim
the spider to
to enter room.
the fly (pg12)
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Haunt the
Imagery,
Place
Metaphor
(pg12)
Symbol
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a little
lion
(pg25)
Meaning and comment

(Usually referred to ghosts,
ghosts haunt) move all
over the place and be the
unofficial keeper of the
place.
Brave.
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device
Textual
evidence
Metaphor
Person who takes care

Mender of
of the electrical utilities,
fuses (pg12) the maintenance
person.
Meaning and comment
Work which is not done

Behindhand
on time due to lack of
(pg13)
workers.
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Idiomatic,
Simile,
Imagery,
Shot off like

a scalded
cat (pg13)
Rushed off as if seen a

ghost.
Literal
Meaning
Sorry for her Pity for Miss Broome.

(pg26)
Empathy.
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Literary
device
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Hardened her
Become stern, cruel.
Metaphor
heart (pg26)
Simile
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Like white
butterflies
The white coloured fingers

of the typist moving so fast
And elegantly over the
typwriter keys makes it
look like butterflies
flapping their wings.
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Lucy Beck
Characteristics
Supporting information
Love
Lucy loved her mother... (pg9)
Small, plain,
normal
looking
probably
scrawny too.
...Young and small and mouse

coloured, easily overlooked. (pg9)
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Lucy Beck
Characteristics
Low achiever
...lonely O level...typing speed

...tortoise laugh.
Poor
She was tired of being poor.
Low esteem
Whoever will want to employ me?
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Lucy Beck
Characteristics
Determined
Although she was not qualified she

set off for her first interview. (pg10)
Not like the others Lucy battled with
the ghost. (pg22)
When the ghost typed that it is the
secretary, Lucy said ...No...I am
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Lucy Beck
Characteristics
Sympathetic
Brave
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After 43 years...shocked into

sympathy. (Pg25)
Im sorry... Uncle Bert. (pg26)
...And left you flowers... (pg28)
The battle with the ghost is a sure
indication that Lucy is a brave girl.
...Youre braver than you look (pg24)
...little lion... (pg25)
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Lucy Beck
Characteristics
Lucy said who is...

Than she changed to Who was...
(pg24).
...You catch on quick (pg25).
Quick Learner
(Some people learn certain things
quickly, circumstances sometimes
make one to be slow in other
things...)
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Lucy Beck
Characteristics
Persistent
The fact that Lucy returned the next

day to work, after going through so
much problems, shows she is persistent.
Judgemental
...Set yourself up as judge and jury?

(pg26)
Insightful
Able to devise a plan to trap the ghost.
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Miss Broome and her spirit
Characteristics
Miss Broome
Loyal &
Dedicated
Been here forty three years... (pg25)
Persistent
The fact that she was working for 43

years and even though her eyesight
was bad and fingers were stiff,
shows she was persistent. (pg25)
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Characteristics
Hatred
...she hates young girls... (pg25)
Lonely
...The old bag did not have any

family whod own her...This place
was her home...
...They gave her the push you

Unappreciated know... (pg25)
(She thought she was unappreciated)
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Characteristics
The spirit is bad tempered.

Her spirit
IDIOT it wrote. ...Go away Miss
Bad tempered
Beck... (pg20)
Determined
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I AM THE SECRETARY HERE,...

(pg 20)
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Harry Darke
Characteristics
Sarcastic
Lets hope you stay longer than the

others. (pg12)
Sympathetic
Poor Miss Beck, you mustnt mind

old Harry. (pg12)
Caring/
Helpful
Anything you want, just ask old

Harry.
(pg12)
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Harry Darke
Characteristics
Loyal &
Dedicated
...came back to haunt the place

cant keep away you see... (pg12)
...30 years with R & B.
Appreciative
Still here...Well done... (pg23)
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Harry Darke
Characteristics
Concerned
You mustnt worry... He said gently.

(pg14)
Supportive
Splash on the old correcting fluid

...I got you a big bottle
...and if that runs out cross out
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Harry Darke
Characteristics
Encouraging
With a black pen... (pg14)
Judgemental
you are the new broom, I suppose.

(pg12)
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Mr Ross
Characteristics
Enthusiastic
...Greeted by Mr Ross
...with enormous enthusiasm. (pg10)
Anxious
... A hint of anxiety behind his

smile... (pg11)
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Mr Ross
Characteristics
Gentleman
...greeted by Mr Ross... (pg10)
Concerned
Did you have trouble with the

machine Miss Beck. (pg23)
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Uncle Bert
Characteristics
An alcoholic
Hes not drinking my pay packet.

(pg9, pg10)
Insightful
Who are you to set yourself up as

judge and jury. (pg26)
Caring/
Helpful/
Concerned
After preparing supper...

Thought Id have your supper
ready... (pg26)
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Mrs Price
Characteristics
Optimistic
Be positive.
Pessimistic/
Doubtful
...Her confidence suddenly

evaporated.
Tone of voice ...wishing a snowman
a happy summer...
Sympathetic
/Kind
Good luck, my dear, she said

kindly...
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Lucys Mum
Characteristics
Stern
...Turned Uncle Bert out once...
Compassionate ...Asked him to come back.
Kind hearted
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...He looked so lonely so lost...

(pg25-pg26)
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Lucys Mum
Characteristics
Insightful
...We are jumble sailors on the

rough sea of life...
Love
She loved both her alcoholic brother

and Lucy Beck as she is her daughter.
(It is difficult to tolerate an alcoholic)
Doubtful
...who would have thought ...

She said in astonishment.
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Lessons and Moral

1. Beggars cant be choosers.
If you are in a dilemma, you cannot decide or
choose you can only take whatever comes your
way.
Lucy was poor and had a low education, she had
no choice, she could only take whatever came and
face a ghost.
Lesson: Do not put yourself in a position that you
are not able to choose, do not be cornered, be
prepared for any eventualities.
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Lessons and Moral

2. An eye for an eye would make the whole world
blind.
Fighting never provides solution. It only cripples or
destroys whatever we have. There is no gain at the
end of the day.
The ghost of Miss Broome was full of hatred and
was attacking the secretaries, Lucy changed her
strategy and was nice to her. Battling the ghost was
not the solution.
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Lessons and Moral

3. Never give up.
Even when the odds are stacked up against you,
dont give up, fight till you drop. Persistence pays.
Lucy was fighting a losing battle, how long can she
continue, one person has to give in. She could not
and did not want to. She did not give up.
She fought and won eventually.
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Lessons and Moral

4. Brain or Brawn. (The mind or muscular strength)
Again and again, it has been proven that, a
carefully thought out plan can beat the mightiest of
force.
A ghost, how do u fight a ghost, all the typewriting
skills or the liquid paper could not stop or drown the
ghost.
Lucy did it, she discovered Miss Broomes
background and discovered her needs, than she
tricked the ghost.
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Lessons and Moral

5. Courage to face trouble in the eye.
It is during times of trouble that we are tested, it is at
this moment that we have to gather our courage and
stand up or make our stand.
Lucy had the courage to face the ghost and make a
difference to her life.
If she had not make her stand, and left as others
had, she would have lost her only opportunity which
was given to her.
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6. A little bit of kindness goes a long way.
Yes, we wouldnt lose to be a little kind to others,
perhaps we would gain so much. What goes
around comes around.
Lucy was kind to the ghost. She gets to keep the
job.
Her uncle was nice to her when she was small.
Now, she is nice to him.
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7. Desperate problems need desperate solutions.
If a problem is peculiar and one has no alternative,
we need to find a peculiar solution to solve it.
A ghost haunting a typewriter is a desperate
problem, to solve it, Lucy had to visit the cemetery
and trick the ghost (asking it to go to heaven to
check on her boss...). A desperate solution indeed.
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Summary
The story is about Anna, a chemist and a commoner,
who works in Amos Cosmetics factory in New Jersey.
Her job is to experiment different concoctions to
create the best perfume.
One day, she accidentally discovers a special
concoction using a piece of fruitcake from her Aunt
Mimi.
On the same day, her boss, David Amos, catches a
whiff of the scent of the fruitcake perfume on Anna. He
is instantly attracted to her and asks her out to dinner.
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At dinner in a French restaurant, the perfume has
the same effect on a waiter, who declares his love
for her.
Anna soon realises that the perfume is responsible
for the mens strange behaviour.
As the two men compete for Annas attention,
tension breaks loose and the night ends with a
brawl between the waiter, David and Sabina
(Davids current girlfriend, who happens to be at
the restaurant).
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Summary
Puzzled, Anna decides to inquire about the
fruitcake from Aunt Mimi.
Her conversation with Aunt Mimi reveals that Aunt
Mimi had bought the fruitcake from a strange old
lady who uses a secret ingredient to make the
fruitcake. Unfortunately, the woman has passed
away.
Two days later, Anna returns to work and meets
David and Sabina in the office. She realises that
David is no longer under the charm of the perfume.
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Summary
David and Sabina offer compensation for the
incident but Anna refuses.
True to her virtue, Anna resigns from the job.
Sometime later, Armstrong, a pizza delivery man
who now owns his own pizza parlour confesses his
love for Anna.
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The Plot
Exposition
Anna, a chemist creates a new perfume mixing

common ingredients of flowers and accidentally
adds a slice of fruitcake into the mixture. She
dabs some on herself, her boss, David Amos,
catches a whiff of the perfume on Anna and is
instantly attracted to her and asks her out to
dinner, Anna accepts the invitation.
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The Plot
Conflict
Anna applies her normal perfume, Intrigue,

which makes no impression on David when he
picks her up that night. Anna is disappointed and
excuses herself to the ladies; There, she decides
to apply the fruitcake special perfume.
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The Plot
Climax
The scent immediately takes effect. A waiter,

becomes love-struck by her, Davids behaviour
also changes, who once again is smitten by her.
Anna realise that this is all due to the fruitcake
special perfume. The situation turns chaotic
when a fight ensue and the night ends in a
brawl between the waiter, David and Sabina
(Davids girlfriend).
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The Plot
Falling Action
Puzzled by the sequence of events , Anna

comes to a realization that the fruitcake in her
perfume concoction is the distinctive factor that
had created the rouse.
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Resolution
She realises that David is no longer under the

charm of the fruitcake special perfume. Anna
then realises that all that glitters is not gold and
decides that perhaps the right person for her
may be Armstrong who delivers pizza and now
owner of a pizza company.
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Theme and Mood

The story is answering or trying to answer the age old
question which is, is it materialism or happiness which is
more important in a persons life, especially in a womens
life.
The story uses two interesting concepts of illusion and
reality to bring the message across. The fruitcake creates
the illusion. Amos experiences the illusion created by the
fruitcake. So much so that he believes for a moment that
his reality is a dream. Anna sees the illusion created by
the fruitcake. Ann also realises the illusion she is in. And
eventually decides that the reality is to accept what
comes to her and not chase illusions.
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Theme and Mood

The fruitcake special creates a mood of wonder and
supernaturalism so much so the theme is obscured
since the wonder attracts ones total attention. The
social message is so subtle since the wonder
dominates and carries the story through. The sense
of wonder has overwhelmingly obscured the
message. Has the message been passed?
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Point of View
First person point of view (Annas) as the

story is dictated by Anna and the word I is
used.
Sequence of events and action is seen by
the reader through the main character.
(Annas perspective)
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Setting
The events mostly take place at:
Amos Cosmetics Factory
Place where Anna works and is owned by David
Amos.
Annas Home
Home of Anna and her mother.
A French restaurant
Anna and David have dinner at this restaurant.
Aunt Mimis Apartment
Anna visits Aunt Mimi at her apartment.
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Style and Language

The story is written from a first persons point
of view.
Narration is structured and flows seamlessly.
Light and easily comprehensible.
Poignant illustration of feelings and emotions.
Some aspects of the story is comical.
Has a happy ending.
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Characters
Anna
27- year-old chemist at Amos Cosmetics
Factory, New Jersey.
Job is to create/design new perfumes.
Single and lives with her mother.
She is dedicated and has strong virtues.
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David Amos
Owner of Amos Cosmetics, New Jersey.
Talk, dark and handsome.
Often seen with beautiful women.
His girlfriend is Sabina.
Has very little regard for his employees.
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Annas Mother
Lives with Anna.
Maternal and pleasant.
Naturally concerned for Annas wellbeing,
particularly to the fact that she is still single.
She suggests Armstrong the pizza delivery
man as a suitor for Anna.
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Aunt Mimi
Pleasant aunt who naturally cares for

Anna.
Likes to mind other peoples business for
some reason.
Determined to find a suitable partner for
Anna.
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Sabina
Beautiful model.
David Amoss girlfriend.
Belittles Anna.
Becomes furious when David professes his
love for Anna.
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Armstrong
Pizza delivery man.
Determined and Hardworking.
Contrasting character from David Amos.
Falls in love with Anna while delivering
pizzas.
Decides to make something of himself before
professing his love to Anna.
Later becomes the owner of his pizza parlour
and declares his love to Anna.
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The Waiter
Works at a French restaurant.
Is attracted to Anna when he catches a whiff
of the special perfume on her.
Competes with David for Annas attention.
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Strange Old Woman
Used to sell fruitcakes at the market.
Had 7 husbands which is unusual.
Seems to have the ability to read minds.
Sold her magical fruitcake to Aunt Mimi.
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Diction Literal Meaning

Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Discover
(pg31)
To notice or realize, to find out or gain

sight or knowledge of.
Chemist
A specialist in Chemistry.
Cosmetics Makeup.
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Textual evidence
Meaning and comment
Embarrassed
(pg40)
Ashamed, humiliation.
Ordinary (pg32)
No special quality or interest;

common; plain.
Career (pg56)
Success path in an occupation

or profession.
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Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Intrigue
(pg38)
To arouse curiosity or interest.
Reward
(pg39)
Something given or received in return

for a service or hardship.
Excited
(pg42)
Emotionally stimulated happy.
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Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Appearanc Condition, manner or style in which a

e (pg46)
person appears.
Surprised
(pg50)
Unexpected feeling of wonder or

astonishment.
Confusion
(pg46)
Lack of clearness or distinctness;

disoriented.
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Diction Phrases
Literary
device
Textual evidence
...he smiled until I thought

his face will break into
two...
(pg41)
...hes not exactly young...
Humour
...And hes still got his own
hair... (pg37)
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...he was playing a guitar and
Meaning and
comment
Smiling
without
stopping.
Perhaps
between
35-45yrs
old.
Serenading.
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Literary
device
Slang
Textual evidence
Meaning and
comment
Momma (pg34)
Mother.
Guy (pg32)
Male.
...He looked like a dog who

has just found a bone...
Simile (pg41)
Too excited.
Shocked.
...mouths were wide open
like a couple of fish... (pg37)
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Literary
device
Textual evidence
Meaning and comment
My sun my one and

O Sole Mio (pg46)
only.
Symbol
Romeo (pg43)
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A male lover, romantic.
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Literary
device
Textual evidence
Meaning and
comment
...pretty young
models... (pg32-33)
Beautiful young
models.
...Handsome...
(pg38)
Nice looking
male.
Stereotype
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Diction Phrases
Literary
device
Meaning and
comment
Textual evidence
Whimsical behaviour of
the waiter. (pg40 and
Humour/ pg46)
Comedy The night ended with a
silly fight among two
men and a woman. (pg46)
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Diction Phrases
Literary
device
Textual evidence
Meaning and comment
Literal description of
...like fresh
the fruitcakes special
bread and flowers ingredient which
Simile
and sunshine all produces a splendid
Imagery
mixed together... scent; a combination of
(pg32)
warmth and an inviting
smell.
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Anna
Characteristics
Intelligent
...a chemist...trying to design...

(pg31)
...I had better not pass by any
other males... (pg44)
Impulsive/
Adventurous
...decide to throw...in a piece of

fruitcake... (Into a perfume!)
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Anna
Characteristics
...put some on the back of my
Irresponsible
hand... (pg32)
Stealing
...put the bottle into my handbag...
...I couldnt give something like that
to my boss...
Judgemental
...Thats the kind of boss I have...
...It wasnt (the waiters) fault...
(pg44)
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Anna
Characteristics
Nervous
...I felt nervous...
Embarrassed
...It was embarrassing...
Simple
minded/
Shocked
...I...I tried to answer...Well,

I ... I was still too surprised...
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Anna
Characteristics
Humility/Sensible ...I am just ordinary looking...

Choosy
... Armstrong was a pizza

delivery man...
Annoyed
...I would have thrown (the meal)

at him...
...I was annoyed... (pg40)
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Anna
Characteristics
Confused
...I was feeling confused... (pg41)
Nasty/Angry
...Why dont you ...serve the

lobster, like a good little waiter...
(pg43)
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Anna
Characteristics
Liar
...Of course, I was lying. (pg49)
Vindicative
...threw everything that was in the

bottle all over the front of Sabinas
dress... (pg56)
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David Amos
Characteristics
Snobbish/
Reserved
Influenced
-(fallen in love)
-(Jealous)
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He never usually spoke to people like
me... (pg32)
(He) would never dream of saying nice
things to ordinary looking girls like me.
...its like fresh bread and flowers and
sunshine all mixed together... (pg32)
Anna is the women I love. (pg45)
David hit him on the chin. (pg46)
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David Amos
Characteristics
Expert
Playboy
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Expert nose...
He preferred to be with pretty
young models who liked his
appearance and his money.
(pg32-pg34)
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David Amos
Characteristics
Embarrassed
...Was looking embarrassed...

(pg40)
Undiplomatic
...accept a bit of money... (pg56)
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Annas Mother
Characteristics
Concerned/
Motherly
...momma had packed for my

lunch. (pg31)
Helpful
...said Momma, trying to help me.

(pg35)
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Annas Mother
Characteristics
Judgemental
..he was nice...
Surprised
It certainly surprised them...

(pg37)
Pleased
...were very pleased...
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Sabina
Characteristics
Beautiful
a beautiful young model... (pg45)
Shocked
she didnt know whether to laugh

or cry... (pg46)
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Sabina
Characteristics
Angry/Jealous/
she hit David in the face...
impulsive
Cruel
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Fall in love with a nobody like

you... (pg56)
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Armstrong
Characteristics
Successful
Armstrongs Peachy Pizza. (pg57)
In love
fallen in love... (pg58)
Romantic
gave me some flowers.
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Characteristics
Influenced
the waiter had a good smell of
the (fruitcake)... (pg44)
- In love
falling in love with you. (pg43)
- Romantic
playing a guitar and singing O

Sole Mio. (pg46)
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The Old Lady
Characteristics
Concerned
told me to give (the fruitcake) to

you and your troubles will be over.
(pg50)
Mysterious
she put in something special...
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The Old Lady
Characteristics
Clairvoyant/
Mind reader
she knew that I was thinking about

finding a husband.
Died
died, last week. (pg52)
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Lessons and Moral
Status is a symbol always yearned by nearly

everyone, for it is a symbol of seemingly
higher order or stage. Sometimes, financial
strength seems to walk hand in hand with
status symbols. To marry into this status
symbols and get a shortcut into this elite
group seems the easy way. The grass is
sometime greener on the other side of the
river, when we are on this side.
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Lessons and Moral
The fact is, the grass is the of same colour,

meaning that those on the other side may
face problems which are peculiar to them.
Thus, when one needs to choose between
status or financial security in contrast with
happiness, (if there is such a dichotomy) one
should choose happiness. That is the moral
of the story.
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Lessons and Moral

One
should never be misled by physical attraction

as beauty is only skin deep.
Learn to love and appreciate ones self.
Physical attraction and sincere love are not the
same.
Learn to respect and appreciate the opinions
of our elders.
Hard work, diligence and dedication is key to
success.
Regardless of the situation, ones integrity and
dignity should never be compromised.
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Lessons and Moral

TO BE ADVENTUROUS
Anna was adventurous enough to try new concoctions in
making perfumes, particularly using unusual ingredients
like fruitcake She ended up with a mysterious mixture
that seemed to have an effect on men.
ALWAYS PRESERVE YOUR DIGNITY AND
INTEGRITY
Anna refused to take the compensation her boss
offered.
Instead, she quit her job and moved on to a different
company than to compromise her integrity.
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Summary
The plot centres around the villain Lord Septic, who
is running the town but wants to own the railway
line to discover the Gatsbys Gold. It is important
for him to discover the fortune so that he can
become the richest man in the land.
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Summary
The scene is at a railway station where a blind flower
girl,
Rose, who became blind while working in Lord Septics
match factory, tries to sell flowers at the station and is
tormented by Crouch, Lord Septics sidekick. The hero,
Percy, discovers the bad treatment done to Rose and
faces Crouch. Lord Septic who was on the top floor of
the station, saves Crouch, he hits Percy on the head,
Percy falls. Rose is then tied on to the tracks for the
Midnight Express to run over her. Percy awakes and
tries to stop Lord Septic but fails, as Lord Septic slams
him against the lockers.
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Summary
Lord Septic then mentions how his father killed Mrs
Gatsby in the same manner. Rose discovers that the
baby belonging to Mrs Gatsby is actually Percy.
Percy awakes and rushes to stop the train. He stops
the train. Later rushes and catches the two villains.
Rose explains to Percy who he is and where his
mother hid the Gatsbys fortune. They discover the
fortune.
They plan to get married. The villains are left to fate
and the police to handle.
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Analysis
The drama is intelligent, packed with wit in every sentence,
Crouch was chosen by the author, to throw sentence after
sentence of witty answers.
In fact, Crouch seems to be the main character, his lines are
humourous and is sarcastic but subtle. Lord Septic, seems to
think that Crouch is stupid, the fact is crouch is poor but is a
master of words. He seems to avoid the ordinary words and
jumps into the unusual words. The letter f was chosen by
the author to attract young adults, as certain words with the
letter f seem to be part and parcel of their vocabulary. By
replacing with an ordinary word, he has successfully attracted
and created an interest with those numerous usable f word.
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Analysis
The word play, with double meanings, idioms with words
replaced, full idioms scattered here and there, tongue
twisters added in makes one wonder if the drama was
written as an english lesson. The word chuff, although
unknown in this parts, has been introduced and has no
ordinary meanings and should be looked carefully. The
author has chosen to introduce many words which
should be treated with care.
Lastly, the drama is a lesson, which needs to be studied
carefully as the lessons it contains is countless and
cannot be completely covered in this analysis.
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The Plot
Introduction
The plot centres around Lord Septic

the villain and his sidekick Crouch.
Lord Septic intends to take over the
railway line as he wants to discover
the Gatsbys Gold.
A flower girl, Rose, is tormented by

Crouch.
Percy,
the
hero,
faces
Crouch
Rising action
but Lord Septic manages to save
crouch. Percy is injured in the face off.
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The Plot
Rising
tension
Rose discovers Percys secret.
Climax
Percy catches the two villains.
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The Plot
Falling action
Rose explains to Percy who he is.

They discover the Gatsbys Gold.
Resolution
They plan to get married.

The villains are left to fate
and the police to handle.
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Theme and Mood

The main theme is good always wins over evil and
crime doesnt pay.
Interlaced into story is there is a silver lining to every
cloud. A love theme is interwoven into the story making
the multi theme more riveting.
A multi theme does keep the reader thrilled and excited,
the drama keeps one interested without a dull moment,
if it isnt one theme the drama exposes another theme to
keep one engrossed, the adventure to the mind does
not stop, the final curtain exposes all and ends in the
usual, alls well that ends well.
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Point of View
The narration is a 3rd person point of view whereas the

characters are all a first hand point of view.
Setting
An empty railway station on a Friday night. The station

is dimly lit with a gas lamp. The weather is cold and
foggy, visibility is only within a few yards. An express
train is due and does arrive, it is not supposed to stop
but does due to an emergency.
Language and Style

The language used is simple but there seems to be a lot
of local slang words used which has become part of the
English Language in England.
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Characters
Lord Septic
wants to become the richest man in England. As

his name suggests, he is the anti-hero, a typical
villain. He is an owner of a match factory, a candle
factory and a railway station. His father killed Mrs.
Gatsby to get the Gatsbys Gold. He is married to
Clora whom he describes as a nag. He married
her for her successful arms factory.
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Characters
Crouch
is Lord Septics typical sidekick, who, agrees to

whatever Lord Septic says but answers with
ulterior meanings to his boss. Wants the power to
lord over others and when he gets the opportunity
does so. However he is unable to fight for himself.
Regarded very lowly by Lord Septic, however his
retorts suggest he is not so.
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Characters
Rose
is the flower girl, who is blinded when working in

Lord Septics match factory. She sells flowers to
provide food for her sick mother. A pretty girl, has
a good smile when she smiles. Helps to discover
Percys fortune. Falls in love with Percy, the hero,
and they plan to get married.
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Characters
Percy
the hero, later known as Sir Percy Gatsby, tries to

save Rose from Crouch, is hit by Lord Septic twice.
As a true, super good person, he does not get
a chance to hit the villain back. He does not even
hand over the villains to the police but merely allows
fate to take its course for them. Eventually, saves
Rose life, discovers his fortune, discovers who his
parents are, discovers a new life as Sir Percy,
discovers his love and intends to marry Rose.
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evidence
Villains
Meaning and comment
A cruelly malicious person who is

involved in or devoted to wickedness or
crime; scoundrel. a character in a play,
novel, movies etc, is the bad guy.
To humble oneself or act as if in great

Grovels
fear.
Indeed
(pg62)
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Without doubt, certainly.

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evidence
Meaning and comment
Foul
Unfavourable, offensive, not a normal

circumstance.
Horrid
Causing horror, offensive.
Filthy
Disgustingly or objectionably, untidy.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Tread
Step on.
Nasty
(pg63)
Unpleasant, offensive.
Fog
Condensed water vapour in cloudlike

masses close to the ground usually
affecting visibility.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Sprouts
A young shoot of a seed/plant/bean.
Mushy
Pulpy or mashed up of a solid

substance like (potato, pea, bean etc).
Edge
(pg64)
A line or border where a surface

terminates.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Sack
(Slang meaning) dismissal from

employment.
Fame
Renowned, famous.
Greedy
Excessive desire, likes too much.
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Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Plot
(pg65)
Secret plan.
Frosty
(pg67)
Resembling a whitish or greyish ice.
Nags
(pg68)
To annoy by constant fault finding,

complaining or urging.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Hug
To clasp tightly using the arms.
Porter
(pg69)
A person hired to carry baggage/

burdens.
Dim
Not bright, not clear, not intelligent.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Daft
Mad, senseless, foolish.
Dopey
Dazed, stupid, silly.
Dozey
Dazed.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Dippy
Foolish.
Annoy
(pg69)
To cause slight irritation to ( another).
Porter
A person paid to carry baggage or

burdens.
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Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
An appearance or illusion without

Phantom
material substance, a ghost like
(pg70)
appearance.
Sprig(71) A small branch, twig, shoot.

Heather
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A low-growing Eurasian shrub, growing

in dense masses and having small
evergreen leaves and clusters of small,
bell-shaped pinkish-purple flowers.
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evidence
Mayor
(pg72)
Meaning and comment
The head of government of a city, town,

borough, or municipal corporation.
Wrecked The ruin or destruction of anything.
Vermin
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Various small animals or insects, such

as rats or cockroaches, that are
destructive, annoying, or injurious to
health.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Scum
A filmy layer of impure matter that

forms on or rises to the surface of a
liquid or body of water.
Pulp
(pg73)
A soft moist shapeless mass of matter.
Grim
Gloomy, ghastly sinister.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Ghastly
Very serious, inspiring shock, revulsion,

or horror by or as if by suggesting
death;
terrifying:
Suggestive of or resembling ghosts,
extremely unpleasant or bad.
Attic
A storey or room directly below the roof

of a building, especially a house.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Cruel
Willfully or knowingly causing pain or

distress to others.
Jove
(pg77)
(Idiom) by Jove! (an exclamation used

to emphasize an accompanying remark
or to express surprise, approval, etc.):
It was a good fight, by Jove!
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Cad
An ill-bred man, especially. one who

behaves in a dishonorable or
irresponsible way towards women.
Feeble
(pg80)
Lacking strength; weak, Indicating

weakness.
Lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness;
inadequate.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Pop
To make a short, quick, explosive

sound.
Snap
To make a brisk sharp cracking sound:

to break suddenly with a brisk, sharp,
cracking sound.
Crackle
To make a succession of slight sharp

snapping noises.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Chuff
(pg81)
The sound of the train puffing away,

A rude, insensitive person.
Stirs
A slight movement.
To move or stand unsteadily, sway, as if

Staggers
under a great weight; totter.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Coward
A person who lacks courage in facing

danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.
A timid or easily intimidated person.
Widow
(pg82)
A woman whose spouse has died and

who has not remarried.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Fortune Extensive amounts of material possessions

(pg84) or money; wealth. A large sum of money.
Doom
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Inevitable destruction or ruin. Fate,

especially a tragic or ruinous one. A
decision or judgment, especially an official
condemnation to a severe penalty.
Judgment Day.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Slay
(pg85)
To kill by violence. to destroy;

extinguish.
Damsel
A young woman or girl; a maiden.
Livid
Enraged; furiously angry, reddish or

flushed, paled.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Common
General; ordinary.
(pg86)
Dabbed
To apply with short poking strokes. To

cover lightly with or as if with a moist
substance.
Nick
(pg87)
A notch, a small cut/portion.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Knickers
Short, loose-fitting undergarment.
Justice
(pg90)
The quality of being just; righteousness,

equitableness, or moral rightness;
rightfulness or lawfulness, justness of
ground or reason.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Pranks
(pg91)
A mischievous trick or practical joke.
Wooly
Containing or consisting of wool.
Chunky
Short and thick; stocky.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Padded
A soft material forming a cushion.
Thermal
Using, producing, or caused by heat.

Intended or designed in such a way as
to help retain body heat.
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Diction Phrases
Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Dashing
hero (pg61)
Handsome male befitting a womens

taste and desire.
Worst sort
The most terrible as opposed to the

best.
Foul and
filthy night
(pg63)
A night which has all the negative

weather, example: cold, chilly wind,
foggy, raining/snowing etc.
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Textual
evidence
Mushy sprout
soup
Meaning and comment
Sprouts which have been mashed

up and made into thick soup.
Sack the driver Terminate his services, stop his

(pg64)
employment.
You always
want what you Wants what he gets.
get
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Textual evidence
Meaning and comment
You always get

what you want
Gets what he wants.
Filthy rich...thick
black and oily
Too rich as in having an oil

well.
Dont get too many

Ideas over above ones
ideas above your
capability.
stations
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Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Dim-wit (pg67) A stupid person.

Pain in the
neck
A person who is regarded

problematic.
Nags for a
living (pg68)
Constantly complains as if that is

the only thing one does.
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Bit of a stink
Meaning and comment
Smelly situation, an
uncomfortable situation.
Dim, daft, dopey,

dozey and dippy A slow and stupid person.
(pg69)
Sprig of heather
(pg71)
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A branch of heather flowers.

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Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Having heather flowers is supposed

Lucky heather
to bring luck.
The man who
A person who is (unofficially)
runs this town
managing the town.
(pg72)
The man who A person who spoils anothers life
and makes it difficult for that person
wrecked my
life
to survive.
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evidence
Free of filth,
of vermin, of
scum
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Meaning and comment
Not having any kinds of dirt nor any

forms of insects, rats
etc/sometimes
referred to lower class human
beings/referred to unwanted
person (s), a form of profanities,
swearing words.
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Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Ive sent you

on your way
(pg73)
Has made the other person go

away/off.
Feel my
fingers
The fingers are numb due to the

cold.
Pretty grim
Quite bad.
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Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Its not that

bad
The situation is manageable.
Jolly cold
(pg74)
Very cold.
Hint of rust
A little bit of rust.
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Shorter
working wick
(pg75)
Meaning and comment
The wick in the candle is short.
Shorter
Less than seven days week.
working week
Rising damp
(pg76)
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High amount of water vapour,

humidity.
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evidence
Meaning and comment
Dry rot
Wood attacked by certain fungi.
Apple core
The centre of an apple which holds

the seed, not the fleshy portion.
By jove
(pg77)
An exclamation of surprise.
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Textual evidence
Meaning and comment
Knight in
A person who comes to save the
shining armour
other who is in trouble.
(pg78)
Chuffed as Ill
be (pg81)
Pleased, happy with oneself.
Dead chuffed
Slang: not dead but in dead like

situation.
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Meaning and comment
Chuffed to
bits
To be thrilled or surprised of
something.
Roar of the
midnight
express
The sound which the train produces

is like animalistic growl or roar.
Drown your
screams
Will be so loud that the screams will

not be heard.
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Meaning and comment
Path of the train
The track the train is meant to

go on.
Pretty young
thing
A young beautiful girl.
A cloaked man or a skeleton

Grim reaper
(pg82)
with a scythe who is personified
(Symbol of death) as death.
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Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
Has a ticket in
the midnight Is travelling in the midnight express.
express
Killer trains
must run in
your family
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Trains which kill seem to happen

often in his family.
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Textual
evidence
Meaning and comment
The train came before the time it

The train came
was due, before they could get the
early (pg84)
information from her.
He must have
Had gone to the rubbish yard.
gone to the tip
Heir to a
fortune
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The person who is to inherit a

large sum of money or property.
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Meaning and comment
Damsel in
distress
A lady who needs help.
Nick of time
Just in time.
Name your
price (pg90)
The cost of something, a bribe.
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Hand you
over
Meaning and comment
Catch and handover to the police.
Let circumstances or fate decide,

Leave to their
let the natural consequences take
fate
its course.
To walk in a particular direction or

Walk this way
walk in a particular manner.
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Textual evidence
Our drama draws

to an end
Meaning and comment
The drama is coming to an

end.
I was nobody but A person who is not famous or

you have made
well to do but now made
me into somebody famous or well to do.
I was somebody
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A person who was famous or

well to do.
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A nobody
Meaning and comment
A person who was not famous

or well to do.
Im sick to the back

Fed up.
teeth of the lot of you
Our love is clear for
all to see love you
through thick or thin
(pg91)
Everyone can see how in love

they are:
love you under any
circumstances, or difficulties.
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Lord Septic
Characteristics
Bossy/ Leader
Ill sack the driver. (pg64)
Do you know what Im just a

Power crazy/ Money
step away from?
crazy/ Selfish/
Power, Money, Fame. Im
Ambitious
mad for it.
Powerful/ proud
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I always get what I want.

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Lord Septic
Characteristics
Greedy
Ill be the richest man in the land.
Dreamer
One day it will be mine. (pg66)
Determined
And nothing will get in my way.
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Lord Septic
Characteristics
Creative/
Thinker
Ill now go...to plot more plans.
Cruel
I need to kill. (pg67)
Cunning
I only married (my wife) for her

arms. (pg68)
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Lord Septic
Characteristics
Conceit/
Boaster
I can snap them like twigs... (pg80)
Over
Confident
Let him go. Who cares? He cant

harm us. (pg81)
Corrupt
If you let us go, Ill pay.
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Crouch
Characteristics
Apple
polishing
Agrees with everything his boss

says. (in the whole novel)
Witty
His remarks are full of double

meanings, agreeing with his boss
and at the same time ridiculing him.
Loyal
Dont get too near the edge of the

platform, sir (pg64)
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Crouch
Characteristics
Sarcasm
...your ever-so big lordship, sir.

(pg64)
Dont get too many ideas above
your station, sir. (pg66)
...do you know what Ill be.

Mischievous ...Even more greedy sir. (pg64)
answered Crouch.
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Crouch
Characteristics
Mischievous
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...and you want what you always get,
sir etc. Dont get too many ideas
above your station, sir. (pg 66)
you need to kill your wife, sir. (pg 67)
Are they nice to hug. (pg68)
I bet thatll cause a bit of a stink, sir.
(pg68)
In fact most of his statements have
mischievous connotations.
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Crouch
Characteristics
Thoughtful
Humourous
Humble
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But youve got quite a bit of that

already.
Because youll own the biggest
train set ever. (pg66)
I bet thatll cause a bit of a stink,
sir. (pg68)
Im not very good with letters, sir.
(pg67)
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Crouch
Characteristics
Power crazy
At last I have some power...

(pg70)
Cruel
Shut up. Clear off. Get lost. (pg70)
Proud/ Loyal
Yes, his lordship. The man who

(etc)... (Pg72)
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Crouch
Characteristics
Bully
...throws her tray of flowers...

(pg72)
Coward
I was only following orders, sir. It

wasnt me.
(pg78)
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Crouch
Characteristics
Creative
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The roar of the midnight express will
soon drown your screams.(pg81)
Just the sound of death. (pg82)
Here it comes...like thunder...like a
dragon coming to slay the damsel.
(pg85)
Killer trains must run in your family sir.
(pg82)
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Rose
Characteristics
Poor
...I am a poor... (pg70)
Pitiful
Its the same to me if its night or

day. (pg71)
Pathetic
I havent eaten for three days.(pg72)

What can I do?...(until)...Ill never
see the sun again. (Roses one whole
speech at pg73)
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Rose
Characteristics
Hardworking
But I cant go home till I earn a

few coins. (pg72)
Compassionate My mother is so sick and I must

pay for the pills.
/Caring
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Rose
Characteristics
Humourous
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And what is your face likeYou

feel cold, yet so strong and
smooth...with just a hint of rust.
(pg74)
It could be the key to my heart! But
I dont even know your name.
(pg77)
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Rose
Characteristics
Pretty
...you look so pretty when you

smile... (pg75)
Playful
Have you got a swimming pool.

(pg76)
Optimistic
Perhaps your luck will change

tonight.
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Rose
Characteristics
Bold
Its because of you Im blind. Its

because of you my mother is so ill
in our slum. Its because of you
I have nothing. (Pg79)
Weak/ Timid/
Pitiful
No, please. (She faints) (pg80)
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Rose
Characteristics
Intelligent/
Insightful
...what became of the poor

baby?...It was Percy. (pg84)
The key in the purse round your
neck...That key must unlock the
gold. (pg88)
Hopeful
Percy, can it really be you? (pg86)
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Rose
Characteristics
Excited
The key! The key! (pg88)
Impulsive
Oh Percy! I love you. (pg89)
Loving
...I will always love you through

thick and thin! (pg91)
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Percy
Characteristics
Concerned
I say its not that bad! (pg73)
Cheerful
I say, cheer up. (pg74)
Gentle
A pure sweet rose!... (pg75)
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Percy
Characteristics
Playful
...my front room has rising damp.
Pathetic/
Humble
Im an orphan... (pg76)
An apple core on my head...
Optimistic
I think (my luck) already has

(changed).
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Percy
Characteristics
Courageous
How dare you harm a poor young

girl. (pg77)
Bold
Then pick up her flowers. (pg78)
Bold/ Daring
Let go of her. (pg80)
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Percy
Characteristics
Insightful
I told the guard on the train to call

the police...youll go to prison.
(pg87)
Witty
You must never pull the chain

when the train is still in the station.
Supportive/
Caring/
Considerate
You can pay....operation...mothers

pills...new home... (pg89)
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Percy
Characteristics
Kind hearted
Half of this is yours.
Responsible/
Incorruptible
My price is JUSTICE. (pg90)
Fair minded
Lets leave these villains to their

fate.
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Tongue Twisters
Percys purse and the purple pants popped
these plotters and their pranks.
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Idioms
As thick as a
pea soup
Not clear, very murky, poor

visibility. Description of anything
denoting its closeness or
relationship
A pain in the
neck
A person who complaints

or annoys continuously
on everything. Something
which is regarded
negatively.
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Idioms
Knight in
Shining Armour
Someone who helps when

one needs help.
Kill two birds

with one stone
Accomplish two or more

work/ matters with one
attempt.
A lot of water
has gone under
the bridge
Time has passed.
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Lessons and Values

Hope, spurs on humans. Hope creates mental
positivism to take us higher or better than we
are, presently. Lord Septic hoped to become the
richest man in the land. Rose hoped to get her
sight back and cure her mom. Percy hoped that
Rose would be his. Crouch hoped for a chance
to be the boss. Some of their hopes did come to
fruition.
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Moral and Lessons

Lessons and Values
Sometimes what we hope for, does not happen.
Sometimes it does. It is not the end result which
matters actually. It is the drive created by
hoping that matters. The lesson is simple, hope,
do your best and hope for the best. Somewhere,
somehow there will be a turning point which
may happen downright by luck or due to your
hard work and proper planning. Hope, invariably
becomes a catalyst which spurs you on to
achieve what you desire.
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Moral and Lessons
Lessons and Values
It is said that every cloud has a silver lining. So

whatever the situation, bad or good, a problem
should be seen as an opportunity, an opportunity to
prove oneself. The situation may seem to be cloudy,
but if we do not look at it as a problem we may see
a light or a silver lining at the corner of the cloud. A
light example which seem to reflect this, seems to
be, Rose who was having so many problems, and it
is this problems which made her meet Percy, and
her problems are solved as she helps him with her
intelligence.
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Moral and Lessons

Lessons and Values
Crime does not pay, this is a fundamental rule.
One may enjoy in a short term, but one day, one
will have to answer for those bad deeds. And
when one has to answer for those deeds, the
bigger they are, or they think they are, the
harder they fall. Lord Septic was rich, but was
greedy. His criminal act of trying to kill at the
end, caught up with him. Otherwise he would
not be left to his fate with the police.
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