Cheat Short Story - F2

1. Literature Component Form 2 :
Themes , Moral Value , Characters .

2. Themes

3. Themes
Creative writing is
not always original
Being
Judgemental

4. 1.Being Judgemental

5. Explanation
The short story is revolved around the theme of being
judgemental. There are a few characters can be related
to this theme. They might jump into conclusion too soon
and it caused misunderstanding.

6. Examples
Lynne is one of the characters who is judgemental. After she read
about the book written by William Bradburie in the library, she was
filled with anger. She said that Geoff is cheating in the short story
competition even though she has never read Geoff’s story before.
Another person related to the theme is Marge. She is the
classmate for Geoff and Marge. When Geoff mentioned that he
wanted to be a barrister or lawyer, Marge labelled him as money
minded. It can be hurtful when we labelled someone.

7. 2.Creative writing is not always original

8. Explanation
A creative idea or innovation like is not always original because we
will take idea and inspiration from different resources to make
improvement. 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.

9. Example
Lynne emphasised the importance of originality in the
writing. When she realised that Geoff is not cheating, she
was wondering whether she had read any story related to
the sheepdog in flood.
As for Geoff story, although his story idea is similar to
William Bradburie’s story, Mr Velos told Lynne that the story
is still consider original and Geoff is not cheating.

10. Moral Values

11. Moral Values Honesty and courage
Perseverance
Avoid being judgemental

12. 1.Honesty and courage

13. Explanation
Honesty and courage are about being brave to tell someone
the truth. We must take responsibility to the mistakes that we
have done.
Examples
We consider that Geoff is an honest person. After Lynne
shouted at Geoff, Geoff went to Mr Velos office to confess that
he might be cheating due to the similarity of his story and
William Bradburie’s story.

14. 2. Perseverance

15. Explanation
If we are perseverance, we will not give up easily even the job
is challenging or difficult. We will keep on trying until we
achieve success.
Example
Lynne used weeks to complete the miserable story. She spent
time to draft and rewrite the story. Although in the end, she
won the second place in the competition, I personally consider
that it is a good result from her hard work.

16. 3.Avoid being judgemental

17. Explanation
We must not be judgemental because the truth might be
different from what we think. If we do not know the detail of the
situation, we should not make the conclusion too soon.
Examples
After she read about the book written by William Bradburie in the
library, she was filled with anger. She said that Geoff is cheating
in the short story competition even though she has never read
Geoff’s story before.

18. Characters

19. Characters
Lynne Webbings Geoff Bolder
Humorous • Realistic
• Honest

20. Lynne Webbings