The novel "The Curse" has several physical settings that are important to the story. The main settings are in London at Azreen's university college, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the small village of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia where Azreen's family lives. The story begins in London as Azreen prepares for exams but must return home to Malaysia after her sister's death. It then follows Azreen through the airport waiting to board her flight, arriving in Langkawi to be met by her foster parents, and finally returning to her home village where both past and present drama of the story takes place.

1. The novel that I learnt in Form Five is ‘The Curse’ written by Lee Su Ann. There are many places or
settingsinvolvedinthisnovel but today I am going to write about the physical setting of the novel.
There are twomainphysical settingsinthisnovel. The storystarted withthe settinginLondonwhen
we were introducedtothe maincharacter,AzreenSaleh.Basically,the readersare introducedtothe
universitycollegewhere Azreenwaspursuinganundergraduate course.The readersare given more
informationthatAzreenwasgoingtositfor her exams soon but she had to fly back to Malaysia due
to her sister, Madhuri’s death.
Next, we are brought to experience the life of the university college when Azreen had to walk
throughthe college’sresidential hall.Here,Azreen’s thoughts flew back when she recalled her two
yearsof studentexperiences.She hadmanysweetexperiencesinherlife as a student. She also met
many new friends of various races here and she was reluctant to go back to Malaysia even for a
while.
The secondphysical settingiswhenwe are takentoKLIA (KualaLumpurInternational Airport).Here,
Azreenhadto waitfor twohoursbefore she couldboard a connecting flight to Pulau Langkawi, her
hometown. When Azreen was recalling her old times with her sister, Madhuri, the readers are
brought to Langkawi International Airport. Azreen meets her foster parents, Datin Sharifah and
Datuk Zulkifli who came to receive her at the airport.
Last but not least,we are broughttogetherwithAzreen toPulauLangkawi anda little village. In this
beautiful,small village,we are introducedtoAzreen’shome where she had bitter sweet memories
for Azreenwhenshe remembersabouthersister.Next,the villageitself wasthe place where all the
drama takes place, both in the past and present.
From myexplanationabove,itisproventhat the physical setting of the novel varies and creates an
enthusiastic feeling when we read the novel. From London to Pulau Langkawi is what the whole
novel is about.