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    Knowledge itself is a blessing which gives you the ability to create however with lack of responsibility one’s plans can derail. Having knowledge is overall an advantage‚ yet determining its use is the defining moment which will lead to a blessing or a curse. Victor or Dr. Frankenstein’s misuse of his knowledge leads to an uprise of a never ending curse. His curse begins to unveil when his creature is animated and becomes a murderer. As a result‚ this causes Victor to become distant from humanity

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    had never met before. He did not know the Irishmen‚ yet he judged them based on the fact that they was white. If Douglass accepted the Irishmen’s offer to run away and escape‚ perhaps he would have been free sooner and this shows that knowledge is a curse. By virtue of Douglass’s fear‚ he also asserts that: “I was afraid that these seemingly good men might use me” (Douglass 149). His fear got in the way of opportunities for him. It is disclosed that knowledge brought the negative factor of fear into

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    and write like Douglass did‚ many of them do face challenges everyday and it’s up to them to make an effort to persevere through any struggles or challenges that they may face just as Frederick Douglass did because there perseverance will ended up blessing them in the long

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    The internet

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    While some consider it as a blessing others regard it as a curse‚ because the internet like everything else in the world has a good and a bad side to it. The one of the main reasons that many people blame is that there is no sense of censorship in the world of the internet. Without censorship many things spin out of control. People start using the internet as a method of spying rather than a manner of communication they abuse this blessing by placing information or data that is unacceptable such

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    seventeenth century Rajput woman who carried out sati. To the people who participate in the cremation or the ritual the Sati is both a blessing and a curse. People come to witness the ritual expecting sat - a palpable force of virtue and truth will come from the mouth of the widow in types of blessing and curse. The people believe the widow will bless the good and faithful and curse the bad and ones who defy what is right or who stands athwart in her path. According to the old traditions and the law of manu

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    dictated a punishment to the women. At the moment of laboring a child the women are to suffer a lot of pain. Also we can see how God sentenced the women to submit to their men. We can interpret that at the moment God was really mad at the women. God curses the women for not obeying his command. She did what she wanted to do and did not follow God’s commands. “When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them‚ the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive

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    can be ignored in order to grasp the most ‘precious’ aspect of religion‚ a blessing. The characters in the Book of J do not

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    Elaine Chan KE Credit card- a blessing or a curse? According to a recent survey‚ credit card is gaining in popularity nowadays. Majority of the citizens aged above eighteen are having at least one credit card. Nevertheless‚ the number of tragedies arising from bad debts has been surging over the past few years. Is credit card a blessing or a curse? Before coming to a conclusion‚ lets first get an insight of the issue. Considering the convenience that credit card brings you‚ the free gifts

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    banning smoking‚making people wear seat belts in cars and taxing fast food. Other complain that‚ aslong as they don’t hurt anyone else‚ people should be allowed to make up their own minds about how they lead their lives.5.Credit cards can be a blessing and a curse.6.Being an only child- advantages and disadvantages7.Smoking should be banned in all public places8.Some say it would be better if there was only one language in the world. Other disagree.9.Some people say eating meat is wrong. Others say it’s

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    that knowledge is just as much as a curse as it is a blessing. Kozol does not have much in common with the other authors‚ and has not gone through the same experiences that would lead him to believe that knowledge can also be seen as a curse. Douglass and Wright begin to educate Kozol because they have additional information about the power of knowledge that Kozol does not. This additional information will portray how the power of knowledge can also be seen as a curse through their own personal experiences

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