The curse was blamed on Stanley's "no-good-dirty-rotten pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather." It has made it impossible for the Yelnats family to ever truly succeed at anything they try and their lives are rather difficult. Stanley feels the weight of this and when he is falsely accused of stealing a famous ball-player's sneakers, he assumes that it is his burden because of the curse.
The reason the curse is lifted is that Stanley is so selfless in helping Zero. The reason why this lifts the curse is because it is Zero's great-great-grandmother who put the hex on Stanley's great-great-grandfather after he refused to carry her up to the mountain as the price for her advice. So the debt is paid when Stanley carries Zero down from the mountain.
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