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CHEAT ! BY ALLAN
BAILLIE

SYNOPSIS

ABOUT TWO STUDENTS AND THEIR ATTITUDE TO PEER ACHIEVEMENTS AND
RELATIONSHIPS. THE SHORT STORY COMPETITION IS WON BY GEOFF AND HE
WIND THE HOLMES-WATKINS MEDAL. LYNNE’S STORY IS PLACED SECOND AND
SHE FEELS DISAPPOINTED. SHE LEARNS TO ACCEPT HER FAILURE AND DECIDES
TO LET GO. THEN, SHE COMES ACROSS A SHORT STORY OF WRITE WILLIAM
BRADBURIE. GEOFF’S STORY OF A CIRCUS ELEPHANT’S ESCAPADE IN THE PARK
IS SIMILAR TO BRADBURIE’S STORY. IMMEDIATELY, LYNNE ASSUMES THAT GEOFF
HAS CHEATED AND DIDN’T WRITE HIS OWN STORY. SHE IS IN DILEMMA AS TO
WHETHER AND HOW SHE SHOULD EXPOSE GEOFF. THE CONSEQUENCES MAY
BE TOO DRASTIC FOR GEOFF. DURING THE CLASS DISCUSSION ON CAREERS,
LYNNE HOLDS BACK EXPOSING GEOFF BUT LATER SHE INADVERTENTLY
MENTIONS THE NAME OF BRADBURIE AND NOTICES GEOFF’S REACTION. A FEW
MINUTES LATER, SHE IS CALLED TO HEADMASTER VELOS’ OFFICE AND GEOFF IS
THERE TOO WITH THE HOLMES-WATKINS MEDAL. MR VELOS EXPLAINS THAT
GEOFF FEELS HE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN HIS STORY FROM BRADBURIE’S
COLLECTION. SO, HE DECIDES TO REVERSE THE RESULTS AND LYNNE WINS THE
PRIZE. BUT, LYNNE IS UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY THE SITUATION HAS TURNED
OUT. SHE BEGINS TO HAVE DOUBTS ON HER OWN STORY.

SETTING

• PLACE : LYNNE’S SCHOOL AND HOME.
• TIME : MODERN DAYS AND THE EVENT HAPPEN WITHIN A FEW

DAYS.
➢ THE SCHOOL HALL , WHERE THE RESULTS OF THE SHORT STORY

COMPETITION WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE HEADMASTER.
➢ LYNNE’S BEDROOM , WHERE LYNNE READS A BOOK OF SHORT

STORY BY WILLIAM BRADBURIE.
➢ LYNNE’S CLASSROOM, WHERE MATHESON THE FORM MASTER

STARTS A DISCUSSION ON THE STUDENT’S CHOICE ON CAREER.
➢ THE HEADMASTER’S OFFICE, WHERE MR VELOS PRESENTS THE

HOLMES-WATKINS MEDAL TO LYNNE SINCE HER STORY IS MORE
ORIGINAL.

THEMES

• SCHOOL LIFE - FRIENDS,TEACHERS,SUCCESS AND
JEALOUSY ARE COMMON ASPECTS OF SCHOOL LIFE.

• COMPETITIVENESS - POSITIVE SPIRIT TO COMPETE WITH
OTHERS.

• HONESTY - BEING HONEST IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE AS
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.

• FRIENDSHIP - LYNNE,GEOFF AND MARGE ARE GOOD
FRIENDS DESPITE HAVING DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS.

CHARACTERS AND
CHARACTERISTICS

➢ LYNNE WEBBINGS ARE CLASSMATES WITH GEOFF AND MARGE.
➢ WROTE A STORY ABOUT A SHEEPDOG IN A FLOOD.
➢ LIKED TO PLAY BASKETBALL.

➢ HARDWORKING AS SHE PUTS LOT OF EFFORT AND TIMES IN
WRITING A GOOD STORY FOR THE COMPETITION.

➢ GRACIOUS AS SHE STILL CONGRATULATE GEOFF FOR WINNING
ALTHOUGH SHE IS DISSAPOINTED.

➢ GOOD FRIEND AS LYNNE DOES NOT WANT GEOFF TO GET INTO
TROUBLE.

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CHARACTERS AND
CHARACTERISTICS

➢ GEOFF BOLDER IS CLASSMATES WITH LYNNE AND
MARGE.

➢ WROTE A STORY ABOUT A CIRCUS ELEPHANT RUNNING
LOOSE IN ALBERT PARK.

➢ WANTED TO BE A BARRISTER.

➢ HUMOROUS AND FRIENDLY AS GEOFF LIKED TO JOKE
AND HAD MANY FRIENDS.

➢ AMBITIOUS AS GEOFF WANTED TO BE A BARRISTER AND
EARN MORE MONEY.

➢ VALUED FRIENDSHIP AS GEOFF REMAINED FRIENDS
WITH LYNNE.

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CHARACTERS AND
CHARACTERISTICS

➢ MR VELOS IS AN APOLOGETIC
AND FAIR HEADMASTER.

➢ MARGE IS CLASSMATES WITH
LYNNE AND GEOFF ,WITH BRAVE
AND AMBITIOUS TRAITS.

➢ MATHESON IS A SUPPORTIVE
FORM TEACHER.

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PLOT

• EXPOSITION ( OPENING )
• RISING ACTION ( PRE-CLIMAX )
• CLIMAX ( THE HIGHEST POINT )
• FALLING ACTION ( DENOUEMENT )
• RESOLUTION ( THE ENDING )

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MORAL VALUES

• WE MUST NOT BE AFRAID TO HAVE HEALTHY
COMPETITION WITH OTHERS IN ORDER TO
IMPROVE OURSELVES TO BECOME A BETTER
PERSON.

• WE MUST BE HONEST IN EVERYTHING WE DO AS
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY IN LIFE.

• WE MUST KNOW HOW TO PUT ASIDE ANGER OR
ANY DISSATICFATION SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO
CONFLICTS OCCURRENCE.

• WE MUST LEARN TO HAVE FAITH IN PEOPLE NO
MATTER THEY ARE FRIENDS OR SOCIETY AND
STOP BEING A JUDGEMENTAL AND
MATERIALISTIC PERSON.

I) WRITE A SHORT REFLECTION
OF YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE
MAKING OF THIS PROJECT.

• PERSONALLY , THE BEST EXPERIENCE I FELT IN THE
MAKING OF THIS PROJECT , THERE WERE A LOT OF
VALUES THAT SHOULD BE APPRAISED AND ETHICS THAT
SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED. A RATHER CRITICAL STUATION
WHERE I WAS A LITTLE PERPLEXED IN CONDITIONING
VERSES TO BECOME BETTER VERSES.

II) HOW DO YOU FEEL,WHAT HAVE
YOU LEARNT ,WHAT ASPECT OF THE
PROJECT CHALLENGE YOU A LOT.

• YET THE PROJECT GIVES ME AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND SELF
ASSURED EMOTIONS. IT JUST TAUGHT ME TO BECOME A
SANGUINE PERSON, NO FAKING UP. YOU HAVE TO BECOME
A FORTHRIGHT PERSON.

• VALUES THAT I HAVE LEARNT ON THE SHORT STORY ARE,
YOU SHOULD BE AN ASSIDUOUS AND PAINSTAKING PERSON.
YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO HANDLE YOUR EMOTIONS,
AND NOT TO EXPRESS YOUR DISSACFITORY DIRECTLY. TALK
NICELY WITH YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE A QUARREL DOES NOT
BRING ANY BENEFIT.

• THE MOST CHALLENGING ASPECT OF THE PROJECT ARE,IN
TERMS OF COMPOSING IDEA OF THE STORY AND TRYING TO
SPEAK IN ENGLISH SPONTANEOUSLY. I SELDOM SPEAK IN
ENGLISH, SO THIS PROJECT HAS GIVEN ME THOUSAND OF
WONDERS..BUT I’M STILL GLAD TO MAKE IT THROUGH.