Book: Holes Stanley and his family half-jokingly blame their misfortunes on Stanley's "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing- great-great-grandfather." Do you believe in fate — that people are lucky or unlucky — or do you believe, as Mr. Pendanski tells the boys, that we are all responsible for ourselves and our destinies?

Most curses aren't genuine, I believe that we are responsible for our own acts. Weakening our sense of self-judgment by blaming it only on a "cursed relative." As the popular adage goes, "Your life is in your hands; make of it what you want."

Explanation:

Maybe, it depends.

Explanation:

Sometimes when you watch a movie, or read a story, some part of you feels like there are some people out there who can do things, like put curses on people.

Anyway, most of the time you cause your own problems.

citizens are given 25 years of life to prove their worth to society; if they fail to do great things

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.