FORM 2-SHORT STORY: ONE IS ONE AND ALL ALONE

ELEMENTS OF THE SHORT STORY:

A. SETTING

- Physical Setting: a spaceship in outer space

- Social Setting: era of high technological advances

- Time Setting: March 2045

B. THEMES

- Technology would bring fatal is not used wisely: Trish plays God
when she cloned herself so that she would have a friend.

- Realizing that no one is perfect: At the beginning Trish thinks that

she is perfect. But soon, Trish realises that her clone, Clo, is not perfect
as Clo always irritating her with her laugh, eating habits of finger-
picking..

- Appreciation of oneself.

- Importance of having friends.

C. POINT OF VIEW

- First person point of view: because it is a diary written by Trish.

D. CHARACTERS

Characte Characteris Evidence

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MAIN Trish Intelligent She is able to clone herself
CHARACT - 11 years after being told how to by
ERS old her Voice Printer. (page 46)
Blind She is unable to see that
her clone’s faults are her
own (page 48-52)
Possessive She is unwilling to share her
parents with Clo (page 51)
Lonely Trish the only child onboard
the spaceship and longs for
better company than her
Voice Printer, who gets
tedious after a while (page
 43-44)
Cold- She plans to kill off Clo as
hearted she is no longer interested
(page 52)
Clo smart She knows Trish’s plan to
- Her get rid of her (page 54)
name is clever She turns the table on Trish
short for by killing her instead (page
‘clone’ 56)
- She is brutal She kill Trish and feels
Trish’s happy to be free (page 54)
clone cooperative At the beginning, she is
very cooperative and listens
well to Trish. She ensures
that she is never seen with
Trish in public.
MINOR Voice smart Act as a personal tutor for
CHARACT Printer Trish (page 44-46)
ERS (VP) cooperative VP is very cooperative and
does everything that Trish
wanted.
Dad intelligent He works as the head of the
spaceship (page 41)
caring and He tries ti spend time with
loving his daughter although he is
busy with his job. (page 41)
Mum dedicated Mum is dedicated to her job.
She is already on planet
Trion, setting up the space
station (page 41)
intelligent She is also very involved in
her work as an astronaut
and has been given the
responsibility to set up the
space station (page 41)

E. PLOT

3. Climax

After a while, Trish begins to find Clo irritating because she copies Trish in
every way and invades her privacy. When Clo claims Trish’s Mum as hers
too, Trish decided to get rid of her.
2. Rising Action

Trish’s only
companion is her 4. Falling Action
computer, Voice
Trish plans to kill Clo
Printer (VP). VP
by pushing her out of
teaches Trish about
the disposal hatch.
clones and cloning.
However, it is Trish
Trish decides to make
who gets thrown out
a clone herself whom
instead of Clo.
she calls Clo. Trish
has great fun with
Clo.
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11-years-old Trish in the only child Clo takes over Trish’s place. No
on board a spaceship. She is one, not even Trish’s father
lonely because her father is busy realises that his daughter has
and her mother is on planet Trion. been replaced by her clone.

F. MORAL VALUES

1. We should be tolerant so that we live in peace and harmony.

2. Human beings are not perfect.

3. We must have friends as we cannot be alone all the time.

4. We must think of the consequences of our actions before we act.

5. Don’t interfere with the natural way of things.