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One is one and

all alone

Table of Contents

Synopsis

Elements

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“One is One and All Alone” by Nicholas Fisk is a science fiction story, set in 2045. The

main character is Trish, an !year old "irl #ho is the only child on a s$aceshi$ to Trion. %er 

father is the &'ec(ti)e Officer of the s$aceshi$ and her mother is in Trion hel$in" to set ($ a

s$ace station. *he #ill only meet her mother in mid +an(ary 204.

 After three months, she feels lonely and bored as she does not ha)e any real friends to

talk to e'ce$t her $ri)ate, m(lti!f(nctional diary- the oice/rinter /1. / is an intelli"ent

com$(ter #hich kee$s Trish entertained #ith its ability to $erform many f(nctions.

Thro("h her dialo"(e sessions #ith /, Trish learns abo(t clones and the clonin"

$rocess. The idea of clonin" fascinates Trish and she soon decides to create a clone to kee$

her com$any in the s$aceshi$ iolab #itho(t her father3s kno#led"e. *he names her ne#

identical t#in “lo” and initially it becomes her $erfect friend and com$anion. They ha)e f(n

$layin" and sharin" their time to"ether.

%o#e)er, certain mannerism of lo be"ins to irritate Trish as the clone beha)es and

thinks like her. *oon they start to ar"(e and disa"ree #ith each other o)er tri)ial matters.

The last stra# ha$$ens one ni"ht #hen lo starts referrin" to Trish3s m(m as her m(m and

this ($sets Trish as she feels her $ri)acy is bein" in)aded.

The ne't day, Trish o$ens ($ her diary and confides in / that she does not like to be

“s#am$ed, in)aded and taken o)er.” At that instant, she decides to dis$ose off lo fore)er 

thro("h the “6*/O*A7” hatch near her cabin.

The story ends #ith a t#ist #hen it is Trish #ho is dis$osed by lo. lo then ass(mes

Trish3s identity and Trish3s dad is not a#are of the chan"e at all. lo then en8oys bein" “one is

one and all alone” and her ne# lease of life as Trish in the s$aceshi$.

Synopsis

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SETTING

SOCIAL SETTING

PHYSICAL SETTING: SPACESHIP

Elements

  Time  The story takes $lace in a s$aceshi$ #hich is in orbit in 2045 and #ill only

reach its destination, Trion, in 2 year3s time.

  Period

  The era of s$ace e'$loration and ad)ancement in com$(ter technolo"yenable h(man clonin" to become a reality.

Corridor The $assa"e#ays that r(n alon" the len"th of the s$aceshi$.

Toilet/loo*it(ated do#n the corridor #here Trish and lo accidentally sa#themsel)es face to face.

iner en(e #here Trish and her dad s$end their time to"ether ha)in"chocolate milkshakes.

CabinTrish3s $ersonal li)in" c(bicle #hich is e9(i$$ed #ith an intelli"entcom$(ter called oice/rinter /1.

!iolab A biolo"y lab #here :lo3 #as cloned.

Store A room #here basic necessities like toothbr(shes, to#els, etc are stored.

isposal System5 dis$osal hatches aro(nd the s$aceshi$ #here (n#anted thin"s aredis$osed off into infinite s$ace.

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CHA"ACTE"

6dentical t#in created by Trish in theiolab (sin" clonin" technolo"y.

Trish3s friend and com$anion before she:"ot sick3 of her.

;(ick thinkin" as she o(tmanoe()res

Trish and "ets rid of her creator.

a(tio(s, as she ass(mes Trish3sidentity at the end of the story.

Clo

Trish’s Dad VoicePrinter

Trish

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THE#ES

$AL%ES

Clonin&Trish clones herself in order to ha)e a com$anion d(rin" her lonely

days in the s$aceshi$. %o#e)er, her (to$ian $lan backfires and inthe end Trish is dis$osed off by :lo3 and her $lace taken o)er by:lo3.

'riends(ip and )ompanions(ip*ein" the only child on a s$aceshi$ #ith both her $arents (nable tos$end time #ith her, Trish lon"s for friendshi$ and com$anionshi$.The oice/rinter cannot $ro)ide all her needs and she resorts toclonin" to :make another Me’ , so that she can ha)e a friend andcom$anion of her o#n a"e.

Lonelinesses$ite ha)in" the latest technolo"y aro(nd her, Trish feels “sick ofcom$(ter ima"es and so(nds”. *he #ishes for someone to talk to, acom$anion to share her feelin"s and emotions. *he lon"s forsomeone of her o#n a"e.

S)ien)e and Te)(nolo&yThe ad)ancement of science and technolo"y ha)e led to an

in)ention of a s$aceshi$ carryin" h(mans to o(ter s$ace. Trish has a

oice/rinter as a com$anion #hich she co(ld comm(nicate #ith.

Thro("h science and technolo"y too, Trish s(cceeded in creatin" a

clone of herself. Trish3s mother is b(sy settin" ($ a s$ace station on

Trion.

. Family bondin"

2. Think before yo( lea$

?. e thankf(l for #hat #e ha)e

4. T#o #ron"s do not make a ri"ht

5. A#are of o(r #eaknesses and shortcomin"s

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LITE"A"Y E$ICES

Point of $ie+

The story is told in the first $erson $oint of )ie#. The first $erson narration enables the

#riter to )i)idly describe the actions and emotions of the characters in the short story.The readers ha)e access to the tho("hts and emotions of the main character, Trish, andlater, lo, after she m(rders Trish.

Style

 A sim$le science fiction #ritten as diary entries, in the form of dialo"(es. The diaryentries allo# (s to "et closer to the main character and her tho("hts thro("h sim$le andstrai"htfor#ard #ritin".

"epetition

“I’m sick of Me. I’m sick  of being the only child on the ship. I’m sick  of computer images and sounds” (p. 44)

“When lo has nothing to do! it’s al"ays pick ! pick ! pick ” $.4@1

Trish re$eats the #ord “sick” to em$hasise her disa$$ointment and fr(stration of bein"the only child on board the s$aceshi$. *he re$eats the #ord “$ick” to sho# her dis"(st of lo3s irriratin" $ickin" habit.

Ima&ery

“#olling bits of skin around a fingernail.” and “$hey "rithe and fiddle all the time.”  $. 4@!4 B /ara B 7ine C!@1

One can )is(alise #hat lo is doin" #ith her fin"ernails. One may find this an irritatin"habit. This ob)io(sly annoys Trish. %o#e)er, lookin" at her a"e and her ability to(nderstand, she fails to realise that lo is 8(st a mirror ima"e of herself since they areboth d($licates. y re$rimandin" lo, she is indirectly re$rimandin" herself as she hasthe e'act same habit. 6n fact, lo $oints o(t, “%ook & do you mind' top picking atyourself” 

Irony

“I can’t stand the "ay lo’s mind "orks. I can’t stand lo’s corny okes! and her dismal sulks. I can’t stand lo’s laugh or eating habits or her finger picking”  

$. 52 B /ara 2 B 7ine 2!41

The irony of the sit(ation abo)e is, Trish finds lo3s habits irritatin" and it be"ins to irk her.%o#e)er, she fails to see that lo3s habits are 8(st a reflection of her o#n habits. lo isher e'act re$lica. %ence, lo3s corny 8okes, s(lks, la("hter and eatin" habits, the )erythin"s she can3t stand, are the thin"s that she does herself. This is tr(ly ironic. Trish mayha)e created a clone b(t her immat(rity in (nderstandin" this, bro("ht abo(t her o#ndo#nfall.

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The $lot in this story de$icts some )ery interestin" se9(ence of e)ents. y analysin" theim$ortant e)ents in the story, one can better remember and (nderstand the flo# of the story.

6n 2045, a s$aceshi$ is headin" to#ards $lanet Trion. ein" the only child onboard,Trish finds it diffic(lt to ada$t bein" all alone most of the time.

%er father, the e'ec(ti)e officer on the s$aceshi$, tries to s$end time #ith her in s$iteof his b(sy sched(le, #hile her mother #as a#ay in Trion.

Trish feels lonely and bored #ith only / a oice/rinter1 as her $laymate, t(tor andfriend. *he yearns for h(man com$anionshi$.

Thro("h /, Trish "ets an idea on creatin" a clone or makin" :another Me”. *hesecretly clones her o#n com$anion in the iolab. *he calls her identical t#in “lo”.

 6nitially Trish and lo become "ood friends and ha)e f(n to"ether. Trish be"ins tos$end less time #ith / as she is occ($ied #ith lo.

*oon Trish be"ins to "et tired of lo as her mannerism #hich mirrors her, be"ins toirritate her. The breakin" $oint is #hen lo starts to refer to Trish3s m(m as her o#n.This makes Trish really an"ry and she $lans to :dis$ose3 off lo fore)er thro("h the

dis$osal hatch system.

The story ends #ith a t#ist #hen the diary entry sho#s that lo mana"ed to t(rn thetables on Trish and dis$osed off her instead.

lo ass(mes Trish3s identity and s(cceeds in decei)in" Trish3s dad as #ell.

lo then reminds herself that she needs to be Trish and en8oys her ne# identity andstat(s onboard the s$aceshi$.

Plot

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  FORM 2

  Short Story

Rumpelstiltski

n

Table of Contents

Synopsis

Elements

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RUMPELSTILTSKIN

Synopsis

The King was making his rounds around his kingdom. The King visits Lisa’s cottage. Lisa’s parents began to praise Lisa and claim that she can bake the best pies in the world. In order to make himselfappear more important, Lisa’s father lies to the king that his daughter could spin straw into gold. TheKing knows that his kingdom is poor, thus, the king called for the girl, shut her in a tower room withstraw and a spinning wheel, and demanded that she spin the straw into gold by morning or beexecuted. he had given up all hope, when a strange little man appeared in the room and spun strawinto gold for her in return for her necklace! then again the following night for her ring. "ut on thethird night, with nothing left, the strange creature spun straw into gold for a promise that the girl’sfirst#born child would become his.

The greedy king was so impressed that he married Lisa, but when their first child was born, thestrange little man returned to claim his payment. The $ueen was frightened and offered him all the

 wealth she had if she could keep the child. The strange little man refused but finally agreed to give uphis claim to the child if the $ueen could guess his name in three days. %t first she failed. Later, Lisa’sparents follow the little man and see him dance around a small fire and they hear him say out loud,“Tricks and riddles are my game, Rumpelstiltskin is my name.” 

 Plot

&Introduction'

ExpositionThis is first stage of a fictional or dramaticplot, in which necessary backgroundinformation is provided. It introducescharacters, scene, time, and situation

The King visits a cottage. The cottage belongs to Lisa’s parents. was lured by the smell of freshly baked apple pie. Lisa’s parentsLisa in an attempt to make the King marry their daughter. TheyKing that she bakes the best pies in the world. To impress the Kfurther, they also tell the King that Lisa can spin straw into goldKing brings her to his palace and asks her to turn straw into gofails she will be beheaded.

&%ction tarts'

Rising ActionThis is a set of conflicts and crises thatconstitute the part of a story’s plot leading upto the climax.

Lisa sits and cries in the high tower. Then she hears scratching strange little man appears and promises to spin the straw into gexchange of her necklace. The King was impressed and takes heanother bigger room filled with straw. The King asks her to turnstraw into gold. If she fails she will be beheaded. That night thelittle man appeared again and promises to spin the straw into gexchange for her ring. The King was impressed and takes her to

 bigger room filled with straw. This time he promises to marry hhas nothing else to offer to the little man. (er parents advised h

 whatever he asks for. That night, when the strange little man apshe promises her first born child.

ClimaxThis is the turning point of the action in theplot of a story. The climax represents thepoint of greatest tension in the work.

 

 % year passed. Lisa is the $ueen and she has a baby boy. The stman suddenly appears and reminds her of her promise. Lisa plthe little man not to take her baby away as she is willing to give

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her money. The little man refuses but finally agrees to give her to guess his name. he fails to guess his name on the first and sday. Lisa’s parents follow the little man and find out his name.

Falling ActionIn the plot of a story, the action following theclimax of the work that moves it towards itsdenouement or resolution.

 

)n the third day, the little man comes to the nursery. Lisa guesname as *+umpelstiltskin.

The strange little man gets angry and stamps his feet hard on thand disappears in a puff of smoke.

ResolutionThe ending of the story, the final stage orunraveling of the plot! usually very brief.(ere the tension is over, and unanswered$uestions may be explained. The resolution

is reached following a ma-or crisis andclimax.

 

Lisa’s baby boy is now safe. Lisa’s parents promises that they w boast again.

 Setting

 Place:

ottage where Lisa lives with her parents.

astle where the King lives

 /ursery where 0ueen Lisa looked after the baby and where the strange little man appeared.

 1oods where the strange little man lives.

  Time:

2edieval Times

The story is set at a time when people talked about magical creatures.

 Ca!acte!s:

 Lisa3 he is a young, sweet girl. he lives with her parents in a cottage. he loves to do householdchores such as baking. he is very obedient as she listens to her parents.

 Rumpelstilts"in: % strange little man. (e has magical powers. (e is able to help Lisa by spinningthe straw into gold. (e likes riddles. +umpelstiltskin is a fairy tale character, not a real person.

Te King3 (e is an opportunist. (e uses Lisa to get him gold. (e is rather cruel as he keep Lisaalone in a tower and he threatens to kill her if she cannot spin the straw into gold. (owever he is very gullible as he believes that straw can be turned into gold.

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Lisa#s Fate! 3 (e is rather foolish as he goes to far to boast about his daughter. (e is also greedyas he is willing to sacrifice Lisa’s life in order to get wealth. (e was remorseful when he promisedLisa that he will not make the same mistake. /evertheless, he is a loving father as he tries to solve theriddle for Lisa.

 Lisa#s Mote!3 he is very proud of her daughter. he is kind hearted as she invites the King into

her house and offers food. he is rather silly as she agrees with her husband that Lisa can spin strawinto gold. he is also remorseful and promised never to boast again. It cannot be denied that she is aloving mother as she helps Lisa to solve the riddle.

 Temes

 Telling lies

 1hen people lie they are often trapped by their own deceit. In this story, claiming to be able to weavegold from straw got Lisa the attention of the king but also got her locked in a dungeon with ahaystack and a spinning wheel.

Using one#s su!$i$al s"ills

4ersistence pays off in the long run and to never give up. Lisa tried her best to find the answer to thestrange man’s riddle. he did not give up.

 Mo!al %alues

  &e must 'e mo!e ca!e(ul o( )at )e say* an+ tin" o( te conse,uences-

Lisa’s father lied to the king, -ust to impress him.

Lisa lost her head and promised something without realising the implications of her promise,

 -ust to save herself.

+umpelstiltskin is so confident that the $ueen will not guess his name that he makes the

terrible mistake of saying it out loud.

.onesty an+ Integ!ity 

 1e must always keep our promises. It is when we are able to keep our promises that people willrespect us. %lthough the King was greedy, he kept his promise to marry Lisa once she was able tospin the straw into gold. 5ven the strange little man kept his promise to Lisa when she was able toguess his name. (e did not try to cheat her.

Point o( $ie) 

ince this is a drama, the author uses the third person point of view. (e is omniscient# this meansthat he knows everything in the story. (owever, the characters do think aloud when they arethinking. Thus, the readers are able to understand what the characters are doing.

 Language an+ Style

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 The style of writing is very simple, uncomplicated and straightforward. The language is simplereflecting the lifestyle of the village people.

Lite!a!y /e$ices

Repetition  Spin straw into gold   

These words are repeated constantly throughout th

The writer wants to highlight the idea of spinning sgold

Cut off your head  These words are also used with *spin straw into goKing reminds Lisa that if she cannot spin straw int

 will cut off her head.

Ryme 4age 67#

the rhyme scheme

 is aa,bb

it and cuddle your darling son,

8or tomorrow you’ll have none.

+iddles and tricks are my game.

 9ou won’t ever guess my name.

  4age 6:#

the rhyme scheme

is also aa,bb

 1ife and family I have none.

"ut tomorrow I’ll have the King’s own son.

Tricks and riddles are my game,

+umpelstiltskin is my name.

 Tone an+ Moo+

There are two contrasting tones. 8irstly, there is an ordinary tone when the writer shows the ordinary 

lifestyle of Lisa’s family. The second tone is the extraordinary tone. It is used when describing theevents related to the King. It shows things that are magical. It shows the readers that straw can bespun into gold. It shows a mood of fantasy. The drama ends with a positive note that is all’s well thatends well.

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 Heir Conditioning y MS!"#mu$halin$am%

  I Wonder y &eannie 'iry

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Heir Conditioning y M S!"#mu$halin$am%

Synopsis

In his school days at the V.I. from 1952 to 1958, Dato' M. Shanmuhalinam !as

hy"eracti#e in the de$atin, literary and drama %elds. &e !as a mem$er of the #ery

successful school de$atin team and chairman of the Senior iterary and De$atin

Society. &e to""ed the country in the 195( Si)th *orm +ntrance +)am !ith 9(

mar-s. &e !as the secretary and, later, oint editor of theSeladang, steerin the V.I.

ne!s"a"er throuh one of its most #i$rant "eriods. &e !as in the %rst rou" of

Victorians in 1958 to $e a!arded the co#eted /0lu$ 21/ $ade for meritorious

ser#ice to the school.

Shan holds an &onours deree from the ni#ersity of Malaya, a Masters from

&ar#ard and a Doctorate from )ford ni#ersity. 3t &ar#ard he raduated %rst in

class !ith 4rade 3 in all eiht su$ects and !as admitted to the h.D. "roramme

directly !ithout formal a""lication. 3t )ford he !on the 4etrude &artley Memorial

"ri6e for oetry and a raduate scholarshi" from 7alliol 0ollee and the second "ri6e

in the Short Story com"etition uded $y the no#elist, Iris Murdoch and ohn 7ayley,

rof. of iterature, and s"onsored $y ISIS, )ford ni#ersity and The Observer .

Shan's literary "u$lications include "oems and short stories in 0ommon!ealth

3ntholoies ondon: international antholoies Sina"ore:, in uni#ersities &ar#ard,

Malaya, )ford and Sina"ore: and in national literary ournals. &e is co;editor of anantholoy of Malaysian "oetry.

Shan's !or-s ha#e $een the su$ect of theses in uni#ersities in Malaysia and

4ermany and of a mo#ie to $e made in ? st rd> @ confuse or ner#ous.

*luttered >? t rd> @ insects or $irds ?y $y mo#in their !ins lihtly u" and do!n.

n s s t s> @ somethin that you need to ha#e in order to li#e.

Inorance > n r ns> @ lac- of -no!lede or information a$out somethin.

ollution >" l n> @ the "rocess of ma-in air, !ater, soil etc danerously dirty

and not suita$le for "eo"le to use.

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Destruction >d str - n> @ the act or "rocess of destroyin somethin or of $ein

destroyed.

Streams >str ms> @ a lon and almost continuous series of e#ents, "eo"le, o$ects

etc.

"nalysis

(rand dad did you reathe

)e*ore air cons +ere in,ented

-as it hard stayin$

"li,e +ithout modern in,entions.

(randma +eren’t you /ustered

"s you /uttered +ith paper *ans.

Could you communicate e*ore

Fa0es and lon$ distance calls

)ecame asic necessities.

In the %rst stan6a, the "oet as-s his rand"arents a$out the life $efore the

technoloy arouse and $ecome the im"ortant usae in the !orld no!adays. &e as-s

his randfather !as it com"licated to li#e in the life !ithout technoloy as he refers

the technoloy to the in#ention of the air cons. Ahen he as-s his randmother

reardin the condition !hen she used "a"er fans to cool herself. &e also as-s his

randmother !hat !ere the "ossi$ilities for them to communicate !ithout fa)es

and lon distance calls com"ared to the !orld no!adays.

(randchild +e li,ed

)e*ore your a$e% )ecause

O* our i$norance1

-e did not kno+

Pollution1 stress1 trac 3ams

Destruction o* *orests1 streams and

!ills

-e *eared (od and nature

#o+ nature *ears you and

Money is your ne+ (od%

 Ahe second stan6a sho!s the ans!ers i#en $y the "oetBs rand"arents that sum

u" all the Cuestions in one sim"le ans!er. Ahe reason on !hy they did not

e)"erience all the "ollution, stress, trac ams, and destruction of forests, streams

and hills is $ecause of their inoranceE they !ere lac- of -no!lede $y that time.

&is rand"arents add, the only thin that they fear is 4od and nature $ut no!, the

nature turns to fear the entire human race and money is the only o$session to

human.

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I Wonder y &eannie 'iry

Synopsis

 Ahe "ersona, a child, is !onderin a$out the natural ha""enins, as-in !hy

the rass is reen instead of $ein other colours: and !hy the !ind is

in#isi$le. &e or she continues to "onder on ho! the $irds -no! ho! to $uild

nests !ithout any instruction and !hy the trees shed their lea#es in autumn.

&e also !onders !here the other "art of the moon is !hen the moon sho!s

u" in the s-y in a crescent sha"e:. &e !onders a$out !ho ma-es the stars

shine and !hat ma-es the lihtnin ?ash a$out. &e as-s !ho colours the

rain$o! and "uts the clouds hih in the s-y. &is father, ho!e#er, !ould not

ans!er the child's Cuestions. &e !onders !hy the father !as un!illin to

i#e him the ans!ers.

"nalysis

4 +onder +hy the $rass is $reen1

"nd +hy the +ind is ne,er seen.

 Ahe "oet Cuestions on !hy the color of the rass is reen $ut not the other colors.

In this !orld !e ha#e so many colors li-e $lue, yello! and ray. &o!e#er, !e can

only see reen as the color of the rass throuhout the +arth. Ahe "oet also

Cuestions on !hy is the !ind cannot $e seen. 3s human, !e can feel thins #ia the

sense of touch throuh contacts made !ith our s-in.

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ones and for them to li#e. 3s com"ared to animals, human need to $e tauht to

learn some s-ills or a$ilities. Ahe second line sho!s the curiosity of the "oet on the

trees that donBt mo#e li-e other li#in thins.

O1 +hen the moon is not 5uite around1

-here can the missin$ it e *ound.

Fe all -no! that the moon is round in sha"e. &o!e#er, sometimes the moon loses

its sha"e and $ecome half or three Cuarter of its real sha"e. Ahe "oet is curious on

!here !ould the other "arts of the moon ha#e one to.

-ho li$hts the stars1 +hen they lo+ out1

"nd makes the li$htnin$ /ash aout.

 Ahe stars al!ays a""ear at niht $ut disa""ear as the mornin comes. Ahis

occurrence ma-es the "oet to thin- that there is a "erson !ho liht u" the stars as

the niht comes and the lihtnin ?ash in the niht s-y.

-ho paints the raino+ in the sky1

"nd han$s the /u6y clouds so hi$h.

Gain$o! is the com$ination of H lines that a""ears in H colors after the rain sto"s.

 Ahe "oet is curious on ho! !ould the rain$o! a""ear in the s-y. oo-in at the

rain$o! also ma-es the "oet to Cuestion a$out the clouds located u" in the s-y that

loo-s li-e they are hanin.

-hy is it no+1 do you suppose1

That Dad +on’t tell me1 i* he kno+s.

 Ahe "oet is !onderin on !hy his father refuses to e)"lain all the Cuestions a$o#e.

 Ahis is may$e $ecause of the "oet is too small to understand all the conseCuences

that ha""en naturally in this !orld

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