The Gettysburg Address By Hellen Keller

As I’ve discussed in a previous literary response I stated that my mother was my hero, I don’t want to discuss about a dear relative of mine but, about a person that isn’t. My hero is Hellen Keller and Anne Sullivan, Hellen Keller is a big influence of life. While she had many disadvantages in life, by being deaf and blind, Keller was the first deafblind person to ever earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She also was an American author, a motivated through hard work and perseverance. Keller used the struggle of being deaf and blind and used it to inspire disadvantaged men, women and encouraged them to be something greater in life. Keller changed the world and even though she could not see or hear she did imprint this world. Besides Keller being one of my hero, so was Anne Sullivan, for being the most
They wrote their own speeches so they know how they want it to sound. When I read The Gettysburg Address myself it was from my perspective. Sometimes when I read somebody’s work, it’s not as powerful as the original reciter, Abraham Lincoln has a more influential voice, as a reader we understand how powerful it is but, we don’t feel the power behind the words and during the time that Lincoln did his speech about The Gettysburg Address was significant. There was a part in the speech in the beginning to be more precise, there was a use of successive phrasing. He states "we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow." Lincoln uses the redundancy of “the people”, I believe he referenced this to symbolize the United States., “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here”. Lincoln was being redundant when he stated "of the people, by the people, and for the people" Lincoln also said the