Novel The Curse: THEME (TEMA)

Write on the theme of love

INTRODUCTIO The Curse written by Lee Su Ann touches on many

N aspects of life.

The theme of love which is actually the main conflict in

this whole novel.

1 a) Firstly, we can see this aspect between mother

and child when we read how loving was Azreen
towards her mother when she came back from
London.
b) This shows that Azreen loves her mother very
much and feels responsible to take care of her
after her sisters death.

2 a) The concept of love can also be seen through

Encik Saleh who loves his daughters very much
but does not know how to show it. He kept his
love within him and was always looking fierce and
angry towards his daughters and wife.
b) Here, I admit that I admire Encik Saleh as a loving
father towards his family but he should have
shown his love in a more appropriate way.

3 a) Lastly, the concept of love can be seen in the

characters of the Old Lady and Azreen.
b) Azreen was very lucky to find a meaningful and
comfortable relationship with the Old Lady of the
forest. She was very close to the Old Lady until
she told her all her secrets.
Conclusion As we can see, the concept of love is very strong
throughout the novel. Each and every character in this
novel has the desire to love and to be loved

Write on the theme of forgiveness

INTRODUCTIO Lee Su Ann, the writer of the novel The Curse had
N brought up many themes in her writing. One of the
themes that I liked very much in this novel is
forgiveness which was clearly portrayed in Azreens
character.

1 a) Azreen is a very outspoken, aggressive and

stubborn character but towards the ending of the
story she had learnt to forgive others.

2 a) Azreen too learnt to forgive her father who

murdered Madhuri. Even though she felt sad at
first but she did not feel angry or resentment at
him but she realized that she had lost her only
father that she used to know as a very hot-
tempered man.

3 a) Azreen too forgave Madhuri for all the hurt and

resentment she caused in Azreens life.
Azreen was jealous of Madhuris beauty and
genteel behavior. She was the favorite daughter.

4 a) Last but not least, Azreen also forgave Asraf and

wished him luck from the bottom of her heart
when he left Langkawi to take a teaching course
in KL..
Conclusion From Azreens character, I too learnt to forgive others in
my life if they hurt my feelings. Being revengeful will
not give us anything in life except the negative value.

Write on the theme of Mothers Love

INTRODUCTIO The novel The Curse by Lee Su Ann touches on many

N values that are useful in our daily lives. As for me, I

am touched with the value of mothers love in this
novel.

1 a) Azreen felt guilty because she was the one who

was responsible for her mother to loose one of her
 leg. Even though, we know that Azreen admitted
leaving the gate of the farm open but actually
she was only helping Mohd Asraf from being
blamed.

2 a) Azreens mother never hated Azreen for what

had happened and she always loved Azreen. She
even told Azreen that it was not her fault that she
lost her leg in the accident. This shows the true
love that a mother has for her child even though
she is in pain.

3 a) Another incident that showed how true a mothers

love is when Madhuris mother, the mad lady who
strolled in the village and always watched
over her daughter. Even though Madhuri was
raised by Encik Saleh and his wife from a baby,
the mad lady always kept herself close to
Madhuri.
b) She used to watch Madhuri and Azreen when they
come back from school. This shows that she still
loved her daughter even though she gave in when
her baby was lost.
Conclusion From these two mothers, the readers are shown the
value of love that a mother has for a child. Both
mothers in this novel are not normal in certain ways but
their love for their children did not fade but they loved
their daughters very much in their own different ways.

Write about the theme Love in the novel you have read.

1 Love between family members

Fathers love- Salleh rescues Azreen a few times
from two incidents of fire and from a fight with Puan
Normala

2 a) Mothers love- Azreens mother does not scold

her for breaking her rattan basket and teaches
her how to make new one
b) Sisters love Madhuri- protects Azreen a few
 times from beatings and she helps to weave
rattan basket to replace the damaged basket

3 Love between friends

Azreen and the Old Lady console each other
-Azreen is the Old Ladys only friend and she sacrifices
for the Old Lady- tries to rescue the Old Lady when the
house is on fire

4 Love triangle
Between Azreen /Mohd.Asraf/ Madhuri

a) Azreen plays hockey for Mohd Asrafs team -

spends a lot of time together after school-
sacrifices for Mohd Asraf-making false confession
about letting the gate of the farm opened
unrequited love .
b) Mohd.Asraf loves Madhuri Madhuri returns his
love.
Hj Ghani/ Madhuri/ Puan Fatiha Hj Ghani loves
Madhuri pampers her- buys things for her-
Fatiha-first wife-jealous- Madhuri loves Mohd.Asraf
marries Hj Ghani because she is forced by
Salleh, her father.