The Fruitcake Special

A chemist woman who works at the Amos cosmetics factory in New Jersey, USA trying to discover a new perfume. One day she threw her fruitcake which was her lunch in to the mix with all the other things. It smells wonderful so she tried it on her. Not too long, her boss who is a handsome English guy never saying nice thing to ordinary girl like her asked her to have a dinner with him. That would be because of fruitcake. Her boss always lost control of himself when he smelt that perfume. If does not put it on her, he will not be attractive anymore.

CHARACTERS

A. Main characters

1.Anna, the narrator

2.David Amos, owner of Amos Cosmetics

B. Minor characters

1.Narrator's mother

2.Narrator's Aunt Mimi

3.Waiter at restaurant

4.Sabina, David Amos' girlfriend

5.Armstrong, the pizza delivery man

THEMES

1. Illusion vs Reality
2. Be realistic in life
3. Appearances can be misleading

POINT OF VIEW

First person Point of View

TONE, MOOD, ATMOSPHERE

1. Light-hearted and humorous
2. Comedic and entertaining

MORAL VALUES

1. We should not be taken in flattery.
2. We must not be too proud of our looks.
3. We must not belittle other people.

PLOT

EXPOSITION - Anna creates a Fruitcake perfume and dabs on it. Mr Amos becomes intoxicated with her when he gets a whiff of it. Anna is very surprise with this sudden interest.

CONFLICT - During dinner, Mr Amos is not as attentive as he was in the morning. Anna dabs on the Fruitcake perfume in the ladies room.

CLIMAX - Mr Amos becomes enamoured and makes declarations of love to her. A waiter also makes love declarations to her. A fight starts between Mr Amos, the waiter and Sabrina, Mr Amos' girlfriend. Anna realises it is the effects of the fruitcake perfume.

FALLING ACTION - Anna wants to find the 'special something' in the fruitcake but is unable to.

RESOLUTION - Anna resigns from Amos Cosmetics and she settles for the pizza delivery man, Armstrong, who has his own pizza company.