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Literature for Young Adults (BIS 3093)Lecturer: Prof Madya Dr. Abdul Ghani Abu

by Vivien Alcock

SETTING

PLACE SETTING• Belmont Secretarial College

The place where Lucy gets her diploma.Mrs. Price gives advices to her departing students

(page 9)• Ross and Bannister’s

A small firm with a factory outside the town.Lucy goes to an interview conducted by Mr. Ross and is

offered a job (page 10)• The office

Lucy’s workplace.Lucy encounters Miss Broome while typing a letter

(page 16)

PLACE SETTING• Lucy’s house

The kitchen.Lucy tells her mother about the job

she gets (page 11)Lucy has a conversation with Uncle

Bert during supper (page 26)• Cemetery

Lucy visits Mr. Bannister’s grave.She tells Miss Broome that she left

some flowers on her grave (page 28)

SOCIAL SETTING• Judgemental community members– Harry Darke

• He addresses Lucy with different insulting names• His words are mostly annoyances to Lucy

– Brooms, fly, frightened mouse– “I’m used to electric typewriters,” Lucy said coldly. She

was beginning to be annoyed.

– The Principal of the Belmont Secretarial College• She doubts of Lucy’s ability to get a job after her

studies.– When she came to the last student, her confidence

suddenly evaporated. She looked at Lucy Beck and sighed.

SOCIAL SETTING

Loyal employees Harry Darke- “I’m Harry Darke, thirty years with Ross and Bannister’s, retired with a silver watch and now come back to haunt the place. Can’t keep away, you see,” (pg. 12)

Ms. Broome-“This place was her home, this job was all she lived for,” (pg. 25)

Competitive job seekers – Lucy and the college graduates

“Trouble was that there were hundreds after every vacancy, brighter than Lucy,”

(pg. 10)

SOCIAL SETTING

Lower class community members

– Lucy’s family “She was tired of being poor,” (pg. 9)

TIMEWe need to consider four kinds of time that may carry particular associations with them:

Clock time: this can be used to provide suspense or create certain moods or feelings.

Calendar time: the day, month, year, or more generally a day of the week or time of the month may provide an understanding of what takes place in a piece of literature.

Seasonal time: the seasons or a span of time associated with a particular activity may be important.

Historical time: this can establish a psychological or sociological understanding of behaviors and attitudes.

TIMEEarly 20th century. • Office work was done on typewriters and tapes

were still in use.• Computers were probably not in use yet.• “I’m used to electric typewriters.” (Lucy Beck,

p.14)

On Monday• Lucy Beck’s first day of working.• She comes early in the morning. - …at ten to

nine, the door to this office was shut and locked. (p.12)

• It shows her determination even though people keeps looking down on her.

• Her first meeting with Harry Darke.

• In the evening, Mr. Ross is surprised because Lucy managed to prepare the letter.

• “His eyes went to the corner of the desk where Lucy had put the completed letter.” (Mr.Ross, p.22)

On Tuesday• “The next morning, Harry Darke raised his

eyebrows when he saw Lucy.” (p.23)• Shows Lucy’s commitment towards her

profession.

• Lucy knows about Miss Broome from Harry Darke.

• “She was old Mr. Bannister’s secretary. Been here forty-three years, girl, woman and old misery…” (Harry Darke, p.25)

• At night, the conversation between Lucy and Uncle Bert takes place. Lucy reaches a new understanding with her uncle. (p.26 & 28)

On Wednesday

• The final battle between Lucy and Miss Broome.

• Lucy managed to get rid of the spirit.• “She folded the finished letter into a paper

dart and sent it sailing out of the window. The wind caught it and carried it away.” (p.30)

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