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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Pirates of The Caribbean is a dramatic movie inspired by pirate history and made modern through the film industry. This film portrays pirates as dirty rapists and murderers whom have no respect for human life nor decency towards fellow human beings. Consequently‚ pirates not only slaughtered innocent individuals but also each other during fights over fleets for power. This continuous war between the freebooters and innocent individuals was caused by greed a multitude of “things.” Johnny Depp is first
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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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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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Why would he be satisfied in finding me to help him? What makes him think I could help? Had we met before? Where did he find a treasure map in the twenty-first century and who were these men‚ not enough to find treasure‚ but enough to man a pirate ship? Pirate. The word seemed archaic. Evocative and exciting‚ but disconcerting. A firm hand clutched my arm‚ disrupting my panic‚ and dragged me to what I assume was the Captain’s quarters‚ and the man attached to the unapologetic hand; the Captain.
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1. What actions can companies and governments take to ensure that products cannot be easily pirates? Be specific. To ensure that products cannot be easily pirates‚ it is necessary for companies and governments to arrange a legal copyright system and develop appropriate organizations‚ and further raise the consciousness of copyright among every nation. It is necessary that companies and governments take the initiative to comprehend the reality of copyright infringements and institute litigation to
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Throughout history pirates have terrorized the world’s seas. There are few men that have been feared as much as pirates were. Names such as pirate‚ buccaneer‚ and privateer were given to these men and women that terrorized the seas. Black Sam Bellamy‚ Bartholomew Roberts‚ Jean Lafitte‚ Stede Bonnet‚ and Ann Bonny are some of the most feared names know to man. These were the names of pirates that dominated the seas during the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ a time known as the "Golden Age of Piracy." However
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HOW DO THE CARIBBEAN PEOPLE RESPOND TO OPPRESSION? 2. OPPRESSION Oppression is the experience of repeated‚ widespread‚ systemic injustice. It need not be extreme and involve the legal system (as in slavery‚ apartheid‚ or the lack of right to vote) nor violent (as in tyrannical societies). 3. What Really happened Between 1662 and 1807‚ Britain shipped 3.1 million Africans across the Atlantic ocean in the transatlantic slave trade. Africans were forcibly brought to British owned colonies in the Caribbean
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