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VIVIEN ALCOCK


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ABOUT THEAUTHOR

VIVIEN ALCOCK

•Born in 1924 in Worthing , West Sussex,

Englan

•

Author o! "hilren#s $oo% &ho &as gi!te&ith a$ilit' to $len realit' an !antas'

•She unerstoo the hien !eelings o!

teenagers, es(e"iall' he sh' an the

o)erloo%e*

•+rou"e o)er 2 no)els &ith the-es o!

%inness.(it', the nee !or !rienshi(s an

the "o-(lexities o! !a-il' ties*•/ie in 20*


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ELEMENTS OFQWERTYUIOP

SETTING

PHYSICALSETTING

•BelmontSecretarialCollege

•Lucy Beck’shome•Ofce o oss !Bannister’s

SOCIALSETTING

"lo#er mi$$le%class

TIME

&'th centuryEnglan$

CHARACTERS

MAINCHARACTERS

"Lucy Beck

"(arry )arke

"*iss Broome

MINOR

CHARACTERS"*r oss+ *rsBeck + ,ncle Bert

THEMES

"-acingchallenges

•Learning to

let go

" e.ection

MESSAGE

"it is im/ortantto ha0e courage+o/timism an$/erse0erance

" Lo0e an$

un$erstan$ingcan hel/ to heal#oun$s orresol0e con1icts

MORALVALUES

•Com/assionan$ kin$ness

•)iscretion an$consi$eration

or others

•)o not .u$ge a2ook 2y itsco0er

•)o not gi0e u/

easily #hen #eare ace$ #ith/ro2lems


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QWERTYUIOP is an entertaining story about 17-year-

old Lucy Bec! t"e ne# secretary at Ross andBannister$s! #"o struggles #it" "er %redecessor o&er

t"e secretarial %osition at t"e 'ir() Lucy Bec counts

"ersel' lucy to get a *ob as a secretary but s"e does

not e+%ect to "a&e a g"ost as a ri&al) T"e 'or(er

secretary! ,iss Broo(e! 'rig"tens a#ay all t"e ne#secretaries #"o co(e in to re%lace "er) o#e&er!

,iss Broo(e is in 'or a sur%rise #"en s"e (eets "er

(atc" in Lucy) .lt"oug" ti(id! Lucy (anages to

tact'ully "andle ,iss Broo(e) /o((unicating

t"roug" t"e ty%e#riter! Lucy tries to con&ince ,iss

Broo(e to lea&e) T"e &i&id descri%tion o' "o# t"e

current and 'or(er secretary 'ig"t is bot" a(using

and entertaining)


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T-E,E0

-acingChallenges

(an$ling)ifcult 3ask#ith courage

,OR.L

.LUE0

)eterminatio

n

)iscretion

an$consi$eration

Loyalty 4erse0erance

is the key tosuccess

Com/assio

n an$kin$ness

QWERTY UIOP

0ETTI2

3

Lucy Beck’shouse

BelmontSecretarialCollege

oss !Bannister’sofce

Lesson

Learnt

4erse0erance

(el/ingothers

Lucy Beck (arry )arke *iss Broome

*r oss

*rs Beck

,ncle Bert

/-.R./TER

0


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Lucy Beck 2egins her .o2 atoss an$ Bannister’s as asecretary ater gra$uatingrom Belmont Secretarial

College

1) E4PO0ITIO2

A hi$$en han$ causes

ha0oc #ith Lucy’s ty/inge5orts6 78E39,IO4s

#oul$ 2e the letters/o//ing u/ e0ery timeLucy ty/es

5) RI0I23

./TIO2

3he s/irit+ the late *iss Broome+ ty/esout threatening #or$s to Lucy6

Lucy $eclares #ar an$ :ghts 2ack #ith

ra/i$ ty/ing an$ lots o correcting li;ui$s

6)/LI,.4

Lucy $isco0ers *iss

Broome’s 2ackgroun$an$ uses a sotera//roach to consoleher

7)8.LLI23

./TIO2

Lucy manages to o0ercomeher /ro2lem #ith the ghost o*iss Broome+ com/letes herty/ing on time an$ error ree+an$ reaches a ne#

un$erstan$ing #ith her ,ncleBert

9)RE0OLUTIO

2

T-E

PLOT


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THE

CHARACTERS

LUCYBECK

MISSBROOME

MR HARRYDARKE

MRROSS

UNCLEBECK

MRSBECK

4IC3,E 4IC3,E 4IC3,E 4IC3,E 4IC3,E 4IC3,E


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Timid

Coura!ou"

You#

S$%

D!&!rmi#!d

Bra'!

La()!d o*(o#+d!#(!

Com,a""io#a&!


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LC#SChara"ter3raits

E)ien"e !ro- text

Timid

S$%

" small+ mousy%looking an$ easily o0erlooke$

" Looke$ out o /lace on her :rst $ay at #ork

La() o*

Co#+d!#(!

• 8hoe0er #ill #ant to em/loy me@

• I I get a .o23rou2le #as that there #ere hun$re$s

ater e0ery 0acancy+ 2righter than Lucy+ 2etter;uali:e$ than Lucy


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LC#SChara"ter 3raits

E)ien"e !ro- text

Com,a""io#a&

!

• Lucy instantly eels sorry ater saying mean stu5 to

,ncle Bert • Assures him that she an$ her mother nee$e$ him

• -eels sorry or *iss Broome+ #hich is notice$ 2y

(arry

Bra'!

Coura!ou"

• she #as not a co#ar$6

• E0en though she is young an$ shy+ she aces *iss

Broome’s s/irit 2ra0ely


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HARRYDARKE

E-,!ri!#(!d

H!.,*u.

R!a""uri#

M%"&!riou"

O/"!r'a#&

Lo%a.


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HARRY

DARKE0S

C$ara(&!r

Trai&"

E'id!#(! From T!-&

EF/erience$ • O2ser0es the im/ortance o /unctuality

• 8on$ers ho# long Lucy #ill last as a

secretary

(el/uleassuring

*ysterious

•

3ells Lucy that she can ask him a2outanything Anything you #ant+ .ust

ask ol$ (arry6

• Stresses to Lucy that she shoul$n’t #orry i

she makes mistakes #hen she ty/es

• *akes a e# un$er%the H2reath comments

an$ 2eha0es strangely


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HARRY

DARKE0S

C$ara(&!r

Trai&"

E'id!#(! From T!-&

O2ser0ant • O2ser0es that Lucy #as scare$

anFious on her :rst $ay

•

,n$erstoo$ that *iss Broome hate$the younger touch ty/ists #ithout

nee$ing to 2e tol$

• 7uick to notice Lucy’s sym/athy or

*iss Broome

Loyal • (e #orke$ there or thirty years until

his retirement an$ came 2ack to hel/

out as a han$yman6


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MISSBROOME

Hard1or)i#

E2(i!#&

Lo%a.

Bad3&!m,!r!d

P!r"i"&!#&


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MISS

BROOME0S

C$ara(&!r

Trai&"

E'id!#(! *rom &!-&

Lo%a. • Been here orty%three years+ girl+ #oman an$ ol$ misery

Lo#!.% • 3his /lace #as her home+ this .o2 #as all she li0e$ or

• $i$n’t #ant to go$i$n’t ha0e any#here #orth going to

$i$n’t ha0e any amily #ho’$ o#n her6

Bad3

&!m,!r!d

• It screame$+ shaking an$ sna//ing its keys like castanets


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LC#S

O35E6

4atient% coul$ not hel/ #ishing she#oul$ sometimes lose her tem/er6

Com/assionate% she aske$ ,ncle Bertto lea0e 2ut has aske$ him to come2ack 2ecause she eels sorry or him6

NCLE BE63

An alcoholic% he’s not $rinking u/ my /ay/acket


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• Lucy :n$s hersel in a $ifcult /osition #hen *issBroome’s ghost kee/s on $istur2ing her

• (o#e0er + she han$les the $ifculties #ith couragean$ $etermination

• She $oes not allo# the s/irit to scare her a#ay like allthe other secretaries6

• Instea$+ she communicates #ith it through thety/e#riter6

• -inally+ through her courage an$ $etermination+ sheoutsmarts the s/irit 6

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/OUR.3E


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•Lucy aces u/ to challenging situations #hen *iss Broome’s

s/irit haunts her through the ty/e#riter6• 3he secretaries 2eore her all let ater .ust one $ay o #orkingthere6

•Lucy reuses to sim/ly gi0e u/ an$ lea0e6

•So she :n$s a #ay to $eal #ith the s/irit6

•She #ins it an$ ty/es a goo$2ye letter to the s/irit o *issBroome6

• 3he s/irit :nally lea0es an$ sto/s haunting the ofce o ossan$ Bannister’s6

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:ETER,I2.TIO2

ETER,I2.TIO2

•Lucy sho#s $etermination in #hat she$oes

•She is $etermine$ to kee/ her .o2 an$/erse0eres

•By han$ling the s/irit /ro/erly+ she notonly manages to kee/ her .o2 2ut $oes#ell in it too6

LOY.LTY

OY.LTY

•(arry )arke is a loyal em/loyee at oss an$Bannister’s

•(e ha$ 2een #orking there or thirty yearsan$ has retire$

•Being loyal to the com/any+ he comes 2ackto #ork e0en ater retirement

•*iss Broome #as also a loyal sta5 at the :rm

•Ater her su$$en $ismissal+ her s/irit came2ack to haunt the ofce6


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:I0/RETIO2 .2:

/O20I:ER.TIO2

8OR OT-ER0

•Lucy $emonstrates these 0alues #henshe #as threatene$ 2y the /resence othe s/irit6 Although she is onlyse0enteen+ she acts #ith maturity6

• Lucy makes the eF%secretary eel

#ante$ an$ useul+ .ust like she #as#hen she #as ali0e6

• 3he kno#le$ge o *iss Broome’scircumstances also in1uences Lucy tochange her attitu$e to#ar$s ,ncle Bert6Lucy realiMes that he is .ust anotherhuman 2eing #ho nee$s to eel #ante$6


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PE0ERER.2/

E I0 T-E ;EY

TO 0U//E00

•Lucy sho#s her $etermine$ characterright rom the start as soon as shegra$uate$ rom the Belmont SecretarialCollege

•

She is ocuse$ on getting a .o2 + ongetting a#ay rom her im/o0erishe$an$ $reary $aily lie

•Besi$es that she also $is/lays/erse0erance an$ a :ghting s/irit asshe 2attles to /re0ent losing her .o2 to

the ghost o *iss Broome6

•,n$eterre$ 2y aggressi0eness an$threats + Lucy learns to think o a/ractical #ay to resol0e the /ro2lem o*iss Broome’s an$ its /resence in theofce6


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•Lucy eels com/assion or *issBroome #hen she learns the natureo her circumstances6 She kin$lyhel/s *iss Broome to let go o the/ast an$ 2e at /eace6 Lucy continuesthis 0alue at home #hen she learns

to 2e sensiti0e an$ com/assionate toher uncle6

•Lucy’s mother also $is/layskin$ness #hen she aske$ ,ncle Bertto li0e #ith them again ater/re0iously thro#ing him out6

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