Miracle Worker

Helen Helen is a case how disabilities cannot stop someone from functioning. Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Helen Keller was born with the ability to see and hear then at 19 months old, she contracted an illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain", which might have been scarlet fever or meningitis. The illness left her both deaf and blind which put her family especially her mother in shock. When she was young she didn’t really know what faith was, she couldn’t comprehend language let alone religion. In the beginning of the novel Helen was about 6 years old. She had terrible manners and did not know how to communicate well and her parents were on the border of putting her in an institution. Helen was very close to her mother Kate. Kate babied her very much; whenever she had a fit she would give into her. During the dinner table scene when Annie was trying to teach Helen to have manors and not eat off of peoples plates, she would throw a fit and Kate believed she should have let Helen continued doing it but Annie was stopping her. Kate’s costumes helped convey her age during the time as well as a marking where the audience can see the time period clearly. When Annie asked for two weeks with Helen it was very hard for her mother to allow that. Captain Keller had to force Kate to let Annie do her job. Once she saw all the manners Helen was taught, Kate was more understanding on why Annie took her away. She saw Annie’s teaching habits did work and she was thankful for her services. Annie was Helens teacher she was very young and at the age of 20. In the play script it was hard to see Annie’s nervousness about teaching Helen but the actor helped us see how she was truly feeling. She herself was blind so it was useful to help her teach Helen. In the beginning Helen hated Annie even though all she was helping her out. Annie was tough on Helen and made her act how should be. Helen did not