1.

Themes

Themes
Being
judgemental

Explanation and
textual evidence
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.

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 Geoffs

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.

Creative writing
is not always
original

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 storys idea will

come from the story

that we read, our
experience and our
surrounding.

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 Bradburies
story, Mr Velos told
Lynne that the story
is still consider
original and Geoff is
not cheating.

2. Moral Values
Moral
Values
Honesty
and
courage

Explanation Examples
Honesty and
courage are
about being
brave to tell
someone the
truth. We
must take
responsibility
to the
mistakes
that we have
done.

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
Bradburies
story.

Perseveran
ce

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

Avoid being We must not

judgementa be
l
judgemental

After she
read about
the book

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.

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
Geoffs story
before.