Practice 1 Based on one novel above‚ discuss one of the themes in the story. Provide evidence from the text to support your answer The novel that I choose is The Curse by Lee Su Ann. The story is about the mysterious death of Azreen’s adopted sister‚ Madhuri‚ and how Azreen goes through everything to find out the truth behind the death. The theme that I would like to discuss here is gender stereotyping . In the novel‚ gender stereotyping is presented through how females should behave. This
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The Curse - Lesson - Write about a life lesson that you learnt from the novel... ‘The Curse’ is the novel written by Lee Su Ann which has many lessons that can be used in our lives. Today‚ I am going to write on one lesson which really captured my attention in the novel that is ‘courage’. The value of ‘courage’ can be seen clearly in Azreen’s character. Azreen was a good friend with the Old Lady who became a precious confidante and counsellor despite ignoring the warnings and prejudices of the
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’The Curse’; by Andre Dubus is about Mitchell Hayes‚ a forty-nine year old bartender who is witness to a rape. The rape occurs right before closing when five bikers rape a young woman while holding Mitchell at bay. After the rape‚ Mitchell is distraught over his decision of not making a stronger attempt to help the girl. Police‚ family and friends try to comfort Mitchell by telling him he made the right decision. However‚ he continues to feel guilt and self-doubt over whether or not he could have
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Cell Phones and Driving) Please use complete sentences and complete in paragraph form for each questions. YOUR NAME: Cythia Powell 1. Topic: __Cell Phones and Driving__ (20 points-list your topic here) Part 1 - Identify the Issue (Be sure to use complete sentences‚ most answers should be at least a paragraph.) -Operating a cell phone and driving is as dangerous as drunk driving. 16% of all drivers younger than twenty are involved in a fatal car accident. Whether driving with a phone in hand
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in the distance. At the scene of the accident there is a car crushed up against a telephone pole with a young girl inside all bloodied and cut up. Taking a closer look‚ the young girl seems like she is simply asleep‚ but in her hand she holds her phone with half written message on the screen saying‚ “I’ll be there…” Unfortunately‚ the young girl never had the chance to finish her text message because she hit a telephone pole. This young girl’s life was tragically taken from her; however‚ this accident
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AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENT In the novel ‘The Curse’ by Lee Su Ann‚ an unforgettable event is when Puan Fatihah fainted out of shock when she sees a silhouette of a Pontianak that looks like Madhuri appearing from behind a pile of tree trunks. Firstly‚ this is an unforgettable event because it makes me sympathise Puan Fatihah. I find it sad that Puan Fatihah is a victim of her own belief in the supernatural. Prior to the encounter with the Pontianak‚ she has gone to seek out the bomoh to get a charm
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spending the time with me to go over the topic of Why Banning the Use of Cell Phones Nationwide While Driving Should be Mandatory. Okay‚ I see we have a mixed group here‚ I see some young folks‚ some middle aged folks and above. That’s great. Do we have any lawyers or doctors out there? How about the young group? Waiting on a job or a date? Let me start with asking you‚ “How many of you had your cell phone ring or a text come in while you were driving here today?” “It’s okay‚ I did.”
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SYNOPSIS The story The Curse by Lee Su Ann is about a young girl who faces many painful issues in her life. There is an abusive parent‚ the burden of guilt‚ jeolousy and anguish‚ love that is unrequited‚ a hint of ghost and a murded to lend that aura of suspense and mystery to the story.The prologue with its discovery of a dead body sets the pace for the drama to unfold. Then the reader is thrust into London where Azreen‚ the main protagonist‚ is planning to leave for Langkawi because her sister
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accident have been avoided‚ could the needless pain have been prevented‚ and‚ if something could have prevented it‚ should it have been done. Texting and driving is completely out of hand‚ and something needs to be done about it. Drivers leaving the phones alone‚ and paying attention to the road can avoid many accidents. Texting while driving needs to be banned‚ because‚ it takes a drivers attention off the road‚ and leaves them briefly out of control of their vehicle. It is dangerous to the public
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reader towards a thesis.] In the last 100 years‚ many inventions and innovations have been created that make society’s life better‚ and four devices stand out as the most useful: the jet airplane‚ the television‚ the laptop computer‚ and the cell phone. [This sentence is the most specific and it is the thesis statement.] BODY PARAGRAPH 1 The first most useful invention is the airplane‚ invented in 1903 by the Wright brothers. [‘invented in 1903 by the Wright brothers is an appositive. Appositives
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