Literature Component Form 2 :

Themes , Moral Value , Characters .

Themes
 Being
Judgemental

Themes

Creative writing is
not always original
1.Being Judgemental
 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 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.
2.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 story’s 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 Bradburie’s story, Mr Velos told Lynne that the story
is still consider original and Geoff is not cheating.
Moral Values
Moral Values Honesty and courage

Avoid being judgemental

Perseverance
1.Honesty and courage
 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.
2. Perseverance
 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.
3.Avoid being judgemental
 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.
Characters
 Characters

Lynne Webbings Geoff Bolder

Humorous • Realistic
• Honest
Lynne Webbings