Miracle Worker Comparison

Annie Sullivan and Kate Keller are, surprisingly, alike and different in many ways. Both characters are so different, yet so similar, you can tell that the author did a great job when writing “The Miracle Worker”. As you are reading, you don’t even notice anything, you think of them separately. But when you think about it, the whole time you were comparing and contrasting them, especially since Kate doesn’t seem like a big character. You can tell Annie is, but Kate seems like she is more in the background. They seem like the perfect pair to compare and contrast. Similarities I had were both want to help Helen, both are controlled by Captain Keller, but will stand up to him when necessary; both understand her in some way, both are willing to learn. Kate and Annie want to help Helen learn, they want her to understand. Captain Keller is Kate’s husband and in the South, the husband is in charge, but when it has something to do with Helen, Kate will stand up to him. Annie’s job depends on him, he pays her and can fire her whenever he wants, but she is stubborn and free-willed so if she wants something, she gets it. Kate understands Helen, it’s her daughter, Annie has been blind and has had to learn, so she understands why
Kate is just the loving mother who wants her daughter to be the best she can be. Finally, their past is different, by past I am talking about before Helen. As they said at the beginning, Kate was an extremely kind and cheerful person, she lead a privileged life; Annie on the other hand, has been through a lot, her brother died, she lived in an asylum for a lot of her life, and she was blind and poor. These are just what I think are the main