<p>I want to practice everyday by writing an essay a day. Aiming for at least a 9-10.</p>
<p>This was taken from the BB 2nd Edition, Test #3.</p>
<p>Prompt: Can knowledge be a burden rather than a benefit? </p>
<p><em>All errors included</em></p>
<p>Knowledge can definitely be a burden over a benefit in such that it can create controversy when exposed on certain people or society in general. Several examples from history (science) such as Galileo's findings and discoveries and literary works such as Fahrenheit 451 demonstrate that knowledge, rather than being a source of power, can have a negative consequence.</p>
<p>As shown by Galileo and his discoveries, his knowledge ultimately posed a threat that would later result in his punishment. During Galileo's time period, a man by the name of Nicolaus Copernicus discovered that the Earth was in fact revolving around the Sun rather than being motionless. This theory, later noted by Copernicus was also known as the Heliocentric theory. After Copernicus passed away. Galileo rose and started to investigate this concept even more and eventually proved what Copernicus had discovered to be true. This belief however created controversy. The Catholic Church during the same time period held the belief, including the bibles, that God made Earth the center of everything and was stationary. When Galileo was asked to not advocate for this idea but rather to argue for and against it, the scientist refused to do so. This refusal ultimately outraged the church and resulted in Galileo being sentenced to house arrest for the rest of his life and later put on trial. His findings created such a controversy over the Church's dogmatism that they demonstrate how knowledge can absolutely be a burden.</p>
<p>Controversy that arises can also possibly lead to censorship of knowledge as in the novel "Fahrenheit 451." This book, by Ray Bradbury, takes place in the future, around the 24th century. In this novel, books are considered to be a threat and is the job of firemen such as Guy Montag to incinerate such threats. Beatty, Montag's leader, refer to books as being dangerous because of the complexity that it contains and how it's convoluted text makes an idea unstable as it differs from book to book. He feels that it is because of this why society should not only get rid of it but to get rid of it permanently by means of burning. Later when Beatty finds out about the hidden stash of books that Montag had hidden, Beatty informed him that they must burn the books despite any curiosity. With no knowledge pertaining to books, the people in this society rely on radios and televisions as a means of "gaining" knowledge. This novel clearly exemplifies censorship and how knowledge is not always a benefit.</p>
<p>After a close focus of Galileo's theory and Fahrenheit 451's censorship ideal, knowledge is indeed a burden rather than a benefit.</p>
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<p>*How should I conclude my essay? I wasted a minute and ended up writing just one sentence. Feel free to criticize.</p>
I don’t get why you put “(science)” in your thesis statement.