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ONE IS ONE AND ALL ALONEBY NICHOLAS FISK

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SYNOPSIS

• as the only child on board, Trish is lonely and bored

• her only friend is the VoicePrinter (VP) – an intelligent computer, who is her diary and her tutor

• through VP, Trish learns about cloning process• she decides to clone herself to keep her

company without her father’s knowledge• She names her clone ‘Clo’ and initially

becomes her perfect friends – they have fun playing and sharing their time together

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SYNOPSIS

• However, after a while, Clo begins to irritate Trish as Clo behaves and thinks like Trish

• they start to argue and disagree with each other

• when Clo starts referring declares Trish’s mum as her mum too, this upset Trish. She feels her privacy is being invaded

• Trish decides to get rid of Clo by pushing her out of a ‘DISPOSAL’ hatch outside her cabin

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PLOT :

EXPOSITION Trish is the only child in the ship. She is lonely and bored because his father is busy and her mother is at Trion.

Rising Action

Trish’s only friend is VP. It teaches Trish about cloning. Trish decides to clone herself. She calls her clone “Clo”. They have great fun together.

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PLOT :

Rising Action

Trish’s only friend is VP. It teaches Trish about cloning. Trish decides to clone herself. She calls her clone “Clo”. They have great fun together.

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 decides to get rid of Clo.

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PLOT :

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 decides to get rid of Clo.

Falling action

Trish plans to dispose Clo by pushing her out of the DISPOSAL’ hatch. However, it is Trish who gets thrown out instead of Clo

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PLOT :

Falling action

Trish plans to dispose Clo by pushing her out of the DISPOSAL’ hatch. However, it is Trish who gets thrown out instead of Clo

resolution

Clo takes over Trish’s place. No one, not even Trish’s father realizes that his daughter has been replaced by her clone

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•Lonely and bored

•Relies on the VoicePrinter (VP) for companionship and information

•Intelligent: she masters the cloning technology and created a clone of herself.

•Possessive: she is unwilling to share her parents with Clo

•Blind: she is unable to see that her clone’s faults are her own

•Cold-hearted: she plans to get rid of Clo as she is no longer interested

Characters & Character traits:a) TRISH – main character

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•She is Trish’s clone and identical to Trish in everything

•Smart and cunning: she knows Trish’s plan to get rid of her and she turns the table on Trish by killing her instead

•Brutal: she kills Trish and feels happy to be free

•Devious: she does not tell Trish’s father the truth and allows him to believe that she is Trish

Characters & Character traits:b) Clo – main character

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•Trish’s personal computer, tutor, playmate and ‘friend’

•A good tutor

•Smart: acts as a personal tutor for Trish

•Informative: it keeps Trish entertained and ‘talks’ to her

•A loyal companion: it listens to Trish’s dilemma and tries to soothe her

Characters & Character traits:c) vp – main character

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•The spaceship’s Executive Officer

•A busy man who is always thinking about his work

•Not perceptive: notices a change in ‘Trish’ but does not realize that Trish has been replaced by Clo at the end of the story

Characters & Character traits:d) trish’s dad – minor character

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THEMES

Friendship and companionshipBeing the only child on a spaceship with both her parents unable to spend time with her, Trish longs for friendship and companionship. The VoicePrinter cannot provide all her needs and she resorts to cloning to ‘make another Me’, so that she can have a friend and companion of her own age.

CloningTrish clones herself in order to have a companion during her lonely days in the spaceship. However, her utopian plan backfires and in the end Trish is disposed off by ‘Clo’ and her place taken over by ‘Clo’.

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THEMES

Friendship and companionshipBeing the only child on a spaceship with both her parents unable to spend time with her, Trish longs for friendship and companionship. The VoicePrinter cannot provide all her needs and she resorts to cloning to ‘make another Me’, so that she can have a friend and companion of her own age.

LonelinessDespite having the latest technology around her, Trish feels “sick of computer images and sounds”. She wishes for someone to talk to, a companion to share her feelings and emotions. She longs for someone of her own age.

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VALUES

1. Family bonding

2. Think before you leap

3. Be thankful for what we have

4. Two wrongs do not make a right

5. Aware of our weaknesses and shortcomings

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