Question

Over time, Douglass begins to think that “learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing.” Why does he come to feel this way? Explain, citing evidence from the excerpt.

Answer 1

learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing

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Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Knowledge, the ability to use smarts, statistics, and data in a situation or problem.
Knowledge can be a gift, or a weapon. Knowledge was needed to make the iPhone, TV, electricity. Those are pros, cons however are: school, tests, quizzes, math, the building of foreign weapons, bombs, missals etc.

That is why Douglass was upset about the gift of knowledgeable abilities.

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