How Did The Awl Help Louis Brraille Go Blind

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An awl both helped and hurt Louis Braille by making him go blind and also helping him create a blind alphabet. The way the awl helped Louis Braille was by helping him create an alphabet for the blind, as the text states "The very tool that caused his blindness became the instrument that brought the opportunity for reading to Louis and generations of blind people to this day." This means that the tool that made Louis Braille blind had also helped him by using it to create an

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