Annie Sullivan and George Washington are both remarkable and incredible heroes. Annie and George are both considered being heroes because they are great people that help a lot of people. These heroes have the same traits, but they used them in different ways. They did this by leading and teaching people when they needed help. George Washington and Annie Sullivan are really fascinating individuals that help a lot of different people.…
Madame C. J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove from Owen and Minerva Breedlove on a cotton plantation. Her parents were recently freed slaves; therefore, Sarah, the 5th child, was free born. In 1875, her mother died, and her father passed the following year due to unknown causes, which made Sarah a 7 year old orphan. Sarah was sent to live with her sister Louvinia and brother-in law. In 1877, the three moves to Vicksburg, Mississippi where Sarah picked cotton and most likely employed with household work. At age 14, Sarah married a man named Moses McWilliams to escape her harshed working environment and mistreatment from her stepbrother. On June 6, 1885, she gave birth to her daughter A'Leila. After her husband dies 2 years later, she moves to St. Louis, Missouri. There, she worked as a washed woman for $1.50 a day-- just enough to send A'Leila to public school. Not long after, she meets her second husband, Charles J. Walker who was in advertising and later promoted her hair care business.…
Furthermore she has treated her emotional wounds by speaking and letting the truth free. In addition, Melinda has evolved to a better person because now her experiences in life are abundant. She now understands the lives of different people because she experienced both popularity and loneliness. She was in fear before when she taught that everyone was against her, but as soon as she opened her story, she discovered she was loved. She felt sorrow for herself and hated joy after she was raped but she had the courage to do whats right. Furthermore she was like a wounded zebra and a bunny rabbit because she was prey to predators around her. In addition despite her circumstances she still gave hope to life and she availed in the…
The argument an author makes is not the easiest thing to pick out, particularly when the book is written about the life of someone else. I believe Hillenbrand’s main argument is that people can change their behaviors based on current situations and the environment they are in. Louie Zamperini grew up as a trouble maker. He thieved from neighbors’ kitchens and generally caused mayhem wherever he went. When propaganda regarding eugenics started to surface and a child from his neighborhood was declared to be feeble-minded, Louie resolved to clean up his act and make himself a better person. As Louie grew up, he transformed into an All-American track star and eventually a hero in the United States Air Force. Before becoming the hero Louie Zamperini is now known as, he struggled with his transformation from hoodlum to trackstar to hero. After the threat of being declared feeble-minded, Louie had realized that the hoodlum everyone knew, was not who he wanted to be. “The person that Louie had become was not, he knew, his authentic self. He made hesitant efforts to connect to others” (Hillenbrand 12). Louie Zamperini had reached the age that everyone hits. He had reached the age where he was beginning to realize what type of person he wanted to be and how he wanted to be remembered. Louie changed for the better. I believe that Hillenbrand used the book and Louie’s transformation to stress her feelings on the subject. Anyone who knew Louie prior to reading Hillenbrand’s book would have agreed that he stayed strong even in the worst of circumstances.…
One of the most starch character development can be observed in Ava Bigtree. In the beginning of the story, Ava has a vast imagination. Ava’s imagination is fueled by the nature surrounding her. She has the ability to see every situation she is in through a positive lens. The author uses Birdman as a catalyst in Ava’s development and the loss of her innocence. Once Ava is raped, her imagination begins to dwindle away. Eventually, the nature that once fueled her begins to force her into a new mindset. “But if I observe my friend and fairy man from a different perch of my brain, I saw the birdman could be an anybody” (Russel 283). After this pivotal moment, Ava starts to notice the nature she lives in is not as magical as she once believes. When Ava is awakened to the danger of Birdman, her perspective of nature and the world around her begins to dull. “We walked back from the hammock in silence. We passed the same trees and their same orbiting bulbs the same white flowers the same sour creamy ponds but everything looked changed to me now. The moon had a bad charge” (Russel 291). One terrible experience, in the swamp, causes the small child to lose her former identity. The event shapes the way she feels about herself and the world surrounding her.…
Helen Keller was a respected woman with many books written about her, many cover her success or childhood. Many books try to summarize her life into a 5oo hundred page novel. It's not quite possible to do that, but many people will try. Like today. Today we will be diving into the deep and mysterious time of Helen Keller, her childhood and how she changed the world for the disabled. Forever.…
Growth can be achieved by being honest with oneself about their thoughts and emotions. In the beginning of the book, Melinda tries to ignore a dark experience, however, she was later able to be honest with herself and move on. Her thoughts drew her to a hospital and then to pretend to be sick. When she was alone with her thoughts, Melinda began to be truthful, which led her to the self-realization that, “There is nothing wrong with me. These are…
They worked with Betty so that she can improve her skill, but as always kids being kids making fun of her trying to bring her down. Betty did not this go to her head, she just kept being herself. She kept improving and it all payed of. As she got better she felt better.…
Norman Vincent Peale once said "Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them, you will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have." In the book Speak, Melinda a young girl just beginning her first year of high school has some obstacles from her past, destroying her future. Melinda was faced with the unfortunate affects of being sexually abused and it holds her back. Melinda goes through many different stages before all of the pain goes away. Melinda's greatest obstacle is growing as a person; throughout the book she overcomes this by developing socially, academically, and emotionally.…
Waking up in a hospital, Reuven must have been frightened. His fears subside when he meets Mrs. Carpenter. She strives her best to take care of Reuven and all of the other patients in that ward of the hospital. She accomplishes to take care of them with her unique character qualities. Mrs. Carpenter is kind, loving, and stern. With these attributes, she becomes an admirable person in the eyes of readers.…
A while after she had graduated college in 1936 her teacher and friend for many years Sullivan passed away. In 1946 a counselor of the international relations of the american Foundations of the blind found Helen and he wanted her to spread her story. In that time she had traveled to 35 different countries. When she turned 75 she went on one of her longest trips over 40,000 miles across Asia spreading her inspiration to millions. Her inspiration caused a television show called The Miracle Worker based off her autobiography.…
While enrolled in the Lowood School, Jane finds true friends that are closer than even her own family. She starts as the shy, ever pleasing, little girl. Within her stay at the Lowood School, she meets Miss Temple and Helen Burns. Helen is a student at the school as well. She is and intelligent young girl who is forgetful, submissive, and tolerant. Helen’s submissive ways aggravate Jane to no extent, yet this does not faze Helen. Helen’s way is to not look for a home in the world but to look towards God and heaven for residence. Although her approach to life makes her docile, it does not make her oblivious to the many abuses put to the girls of Lowood, she just believes that justice will be found in God’s kingdom. That the bad will be punished and the good will be rewarded. Therefore, Helen’s methods teach Jane to count on God for support and guidance in her life. Meanwhile, Miss Temple, a teacher at the school, is a kind and loving woman. This woman has the heart of a celestial being and is fair and just to every one of her students. Miss Temple is able to command respect from everyone around her without even attempting. She is not afraid to stand up to her superiors when extraneous suffering has been put upon her students. Miss Temple’s part in Jane’s development is that she teaches her to unknowingly demand respect from everyone as a whole and to justly love anyone unconditionally, no matter the circumstances.…
This story brings out everyone worst image but I truly despised Helen who was self-absorbed in many ways and bragged about her so to speak, hard life with all the men she had to…
Helen and Miss Temple both play a very important role in the emotional development and maturity of Jane. Coming from a hellish place where not a single person sympathises or understands her up until the few weeks before she leaves, she is naturally inclined to be intolerant and rebellious. The actions and words of both Helen and Miss Temple affect her greatly throughout her stay at Lowood, and without them she very well might have failed. For instance, Jane’s first interaction with Helen comes after she watches her get whipped unfairly for something that she had no control over. This AWE is taken from the discussion between the two following this event. “And if I were in your place I should dislike her; I should resist her. If she struck me…
First, we will start off with how Gibson presents the theme in The Miracle Worker. Gibson presents the them in The Miracle Worker by the dad would say that Helen is not capable of learning anything and that if she was taught some discipline then that was the only thing was capable of doing. Then later in the story we see that Helen has learned how to read and write. The father was always never thought that would ever happen. The prejudice of the father could ruin Helen's life because if Anne just agreed with the father that Hellen was not capable of learn to read and write, then Helen would…