<p>Topic : Can knowledge be a burden rather than a benefit?</p>
<pre><code> “Knowledge” primarily functions as a complimentary term, one that brings power, wealth, fame, glory. Knowledge is everything. Most people, whether in contemporary society or ancient civilizations, idealize intelligence as a liberating factor that delivers prodigious benefits and eliminates undesirable and tedious factors of life. Originally idolized by Socrates, with his penetrating questions of “Why?” as he seeked the true answers behind the fa
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<p>You use good vocabulary, but on the real SAT I would focus more on developing my examples than fleshing out my introduction and conclusion. Your introduction needs to do no more than simply explain your stance and examples.</p>
<p>Your first example is unconvincing. Dimmesdale was tortured by guilt. Since it was he who committed the act of adultery, it is concealment and memory, not “knowledge” per se, which is his conflict. I’m sure you can find a good example for this prompt in Scarlet Letter, just not this one. </p>
<p>Finally, I am not sure what to make of your last sentence. What does “unraveling the threads of the lengthening blanket” mean? What are you trying to say?</p>
<p>Overall, I would focus on taking a strongly stated stance and clearly showing the examples. </p>
<p>8-9.</p>