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BI NOVEL-The Curse
How to answer novel ‘The Curse’
Below are some tips that you can follow:
** Rememeber to write your answer in paragraphs ( at least 3)
**If you are not sure how to answer, make sure include all these elements
1. how many characters
2. how many events/evidence
3. how many values/lessons/themes
* manipulate your understanding of the story to fit the question – not to fit the question to what you know about the story
**always have concluding paragraph to reinforce or sum up what you have written a) Characters and characteristics
1. Write on a character that show responsibility in her or his actionsBased on the Novel “The Curse” by Lee Sue Ann, the character that shows responsibility in her actions is Azreen Saleh. Azreen is not only a responsible sister and daughter but also a responsible student and friend .
Firstly, Azreen as a responsible sister comes back immediately when she hears of her sister’s death although at that time she is about to sit for an examination that is important for her. She postpones her examination in order of giving her sister her last respect.
Secondly, she shows her responsibility as a daughter. This can be seen when she spends the whole night repairing her mother’s favourite rattan basket that was broken by the heavy durians that she and Madhuri has brought in. Subsequently, with Madhuri’s help she makes a new rattan basket that looks like the one that she and Madhuri have broken. In addition to that, Azreen accepts the offer to further her studies in London for the sake of upbringing her family social status and thus could then save a lot of money to get a better treatment for her mother who is paralyzed.
Thirdly, as a friend and a student, Azreen shows her responsibility when she accepts to join the school hockey team as a replacement to Hock Seng that is injured. She does that even though she knows that she will be the only girl in the team and this will tarnish her image as a girl. In fact she

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