1. Jeffrey Archer Broken routine
2. Jeffrey Archer An Eye for an Eye
3. Just Good Friends by Jeffrey Archer
1. Jeffrey Archer Broken routine
The story ‘Broken routine’ is written by Jeffrey Archer. It tells us about Septimus Horatio Cornwallis who supposed himself to be a great follower of tradition and discipline and whose everyday routine helps him to keep his nose clean and.
The type of the story can be defined as anecdote because of the wonderful, unexpected twist in the end that presents some humorous effect.
The author shows us an ordinary life of Septimus that is in contrast with his gorgeous name. Septimus is just a normal man who has a pretty common routine. He is a claims adjuster with an insurance company. His extremely tight routine is badly affected one day when his superior called him in for a consulta¬tion. Since that moment all goes wrong that upset him very much. He returns home in a packed train, when he discovers that a young man has misappropriated his cigarettes and his newspaper. He decides to confront the person, and smokes his cigarettes one after the other. The young man does the same and it becomes a contest. Finally, Septimus, feeling that he has taught the young man a lesson, opens his briefcase to find his cigarettes and paper intact, implying that he has actually been smoking the young man's cigarettes and been abusing the young man's paper.
2. Jeffrey Archer An Eye for an Eye
The Jeffrey Archer’s story ‘An Eye for an Eye’ is tell us about Sir Matthew Roberts QC who is going to protect Mary Banks, who is accused of murdering her husband.
At the end of the detective story we’ll fine out the murder.
The plot of the story: Sir Matthew Roberts has been engaged to defend Mary Banks at her murder trial. She maintains her innocence, claiming a blow from her husband caused blindness and that she was in the hospital at the time of his death. Sir Matthew believes a manslaughter plea is preferable.
All elements of the plot are presented. In the exposition we gen acquainted with a defence counsel Sir Matthew, a solicitor Bernard Casson and the junior counsel Hugh Witherington. These three men come together to discuss Mary's case. Two of them, sir Matthew and Bernard Casson are old friends (‘Matthew smiled at his friend’s formality’) and professionals (‘if Bernard had been a barrister, Matthew would not have relished the prospect of opposing him in court’). During the discussion of the main points of the case they turned to Witherington twice. In this part Sir Matthew is not believe in Mary’s innocence.
3. Just Good Friends by Jeffrey Archer
Just Good Friends by Jeffrey Archer is a story of a girl who like her boy.
The type of the story is seemed to be melodrama or love type. the story tells us about a cat who had a bad owner. The cat liked a man, but to whom she scared to come, she just simply was sitting and loosing at him from the free distance. Just because of her fear she pretended just to stay aside.
The storytelling is not linear because the author uses such technique as flashback, a scene from the past inserted in the narration. The structure of the plot is not traditional.
The plot of the story contains the exposition, the moments of complication (when the cat dared to approach Roger), the climax and the denouement. From the exposition we got to know about the main character, whose name the author didn’t mention. The main character here is a homeless cat that had a bad past. She met a man with whom she wanted to be. The exposition stretches throughout the whole story and the main function is to evoke the atmosphere of tenderness towards the minor character, Roger.
In the exposition we see the narrator waking up in the morning with his boyfriend. it tells about love for a guy whose day routine she knows in advance.
Then goes flashback that shoes the meeting of these two persons.
4. A. Maley Gossip
A. Maley’s story ‘Gossip’ is a story with social significance.
It tells us about Fred Battersby, the collector of the insurance premiums and his collection of women. Fred visits them at work, helps them with their chores, supports them, and does what a husband should do. Soon, rumors begin to creep around the village, which is why Fred is fired and he leaves this village. After a while the family life of the women in Fred's collection collapses.
The events of the story are arranged in chronological order. In the exposition we get acquainted with Fred Battersby, learn some things from his past (‘his wife having died a year or two before.’). We know that he tried to treat the women from his collecion equally, called round on them once a week, trying to pay exactly the same amount of attention to each one.
The complications begins with the gossip (‘But Hadley is a small village, and tongues began to wag’). the gossip started among the older village women. everyone started talking that the wives were cheating on their husbands with Fred (‘“Her poor husband: he doesn’t even suspect what’s going on!”’)
These gossips led to the fact that Fred was fired (‘Fred lost his job shortly afterwards.’). This is the climatic point of the story. all actions led to this event.