Helen Keller
Life & Works of Helen Keller
The life of Helen Keller is brilliantly presented in The Story of My Life, which is authored by an optimistic Helen who is full of flowery language about all that is good in the world. . Keller has become an icon of perseverance, respected and honored by readers, historians, and activists. When she was a child, Keller received a letter from a writer that she quoted in her autobiography: ‘‘some day you will write a great story out of your own head that will be a comfort and help to many.’’ No doubt, this statement proved prophetic.
At the age of 19 months, Keller was struck with an illness that plunged her into a dark and silent world. For five years, Helen communicated as best as she could until she met Anne Sullivan, her teacher, when she was seven years old. Laura Bridgman was also a deaf and blind girl who was assisted previous to Keller. Apparently, Keller's parents were wealthy and resourceful enough to find the appropriate people to talk to and they were able to pay for a private tutor for their daughter.
Keller, as a child, was grabby and lacking in manners, but she was also very curious, frenetic, and in good physical shape. The girl rarely was still. Keller had many power struggles with Sullivan, which was completely omitted from The Story of My Life. At the time of its publication, she was a happy 23-year-old woman who sugar-glazed the past. Thus, Sullivan reached the conclusion immediately that one of her first tasks would be to teach Keller discipline and get the girl to obey her. She believed that obedience was at the root of both learning and love. Sullivan would show her love and be her eyes and ears, constantly finger spelling the world into her hand.
The book portrays the transformation of Helen’s life brought about by the arrival of Anne Sullivan. When Sullivan was able to explain the meaning of "water" at the well and Keller understood, she became ecstatic. Thus, began her journey of enlightenment. Keller
The life of Helen Keller is brilliantly presented in The Story of My Life, which is authored by an optimistic Helen who is full of flowery language about all that is good in the world. . Keller has become an icon of perseverance, respected and honored by readers, historians, and activists. When she was a child, Keller received a letter from a writer that she quoted in her autobiography: ‘‘some day you will write a great story out of your own head that will be a comfort and help to many.’’ No doubt, this statement proved prophetic.
At the age of 19 months, Keller was struck with an illness that plunged her into a dark and silent world. For five years, Helen communicated as best as she could until she met Anne Sullivan, her teacher, when she was seven years old. Laura Bridgman was also a deaf and blind girl who was assisted previous to Keller. Apparently, Keller's parents were wealthy and resourceful enough to find the appropriate people to talk to and they were able to pay for a private tutor for their daughter.
Keller, as a child, was grabby and lacking in manners, but she was also very curious, frenetic, and in good physical shape. The girl rarely was still. Keller had many power struggles with Sullivan, which was completely omitted from The Story of My Life. At the time of its publication, she was a happy 23-year-old woman who sugar-glazed the past. Thus, Sullivan reached the conclusion immediately that one of her first tasks would be to teach Keller discipline and get the girl to obey her. She believed that obedience was at the root of both learning and love. Sullivan would show her love and be her eyes and ears, constantly finger spelling the world into her hand.
The book portrays the transformation of Helen’s life brought about by the arrival of Anne Sullivan. When Sullivan was able to explain the meaning of "water" at the well and Keller understood, she became ecstatic. Thus, began her journey of enlightenment. Keller