The Miracle Worker The Miracle Worker is about Helen Keller who is deaf and blind and initially almost feral child and the struggle of Anne Sullivan to teach her how to communicate. Helen had no manners at all. She would grab food off other people’s plates. She would run around the house‚ and kick and scream. Helen would even throw tantrums when she could not get something‚ but she’ll be quite for a while if you’ll give her a piece of candy. When the first time Annie came‚ she brought a doll
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Sullivan‚ known by Keller as the teacher‚ greeted her with love as Keller recorded‚ “I stretched out my hand as I supposed to be my mother. Someone took it‚ and I was caught up and held close in the arms of her who had come to reveal all things to me‚ and more than all things else‚ to love me” (Keller 33). Even though Sullivan loved her‚ she knew her greatest problem she had to solve was “how to discipline and control
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With help from doctors they were referred to Alexander Graham Bell. He later referred them to the director Michael Anagnus of the Perkins Institution Asylum for the blind. Michael Anagnus later introduced them to one of his students Anne Sullivan. Anne Sullivan came to live with the Keller’s on March 3 1887. Anne faced any challenges with Helen. She didn’t know how to deal with Helen temper which made it very challenging to teach Helen any learning methods. Anne came to believe that in order for
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“The Miracle Worker” that abstract idea is keys. The play ¨The Miracle Worker¨ is about a young Helen Keller and her struggles of being deaf and blind and how Helen’s parents hire a teacher to help with Hellens problems the teacher is named Annie Sullivan. Furthermore¨The Miracle Worker¨ is not only a well known play and movie but it’s a very moving story with many examples of symbolism and metaphorical imagery. In “The Miracle Worker” one of the examples of symbolism is keys. It is used is during
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cutting of slices and buttering them. Pinching a tiny bit of skin on her had meant “small”‚ spreading her fingers wide and bringing her hands together meant “larger”. When Helen was 7 year old‚ her family brought her a family teacher named Annie Sullivan. She was a nice lady and she almost blind when she was a little baby‚ too. So she can totally understand how Helen felt and it made Annie understand Helen more. She taught her everything‚ she taught her letters‚ she wrote every each letter in her
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and about her accomplishments in life. Body 1: · Helen was a very strong willed person even as a young chid. · Age of 7‚ invented 60 different signal‚ with parents. ( source: Biography.com) · Age 9‚ met life long friend and teacher‚ Anne Sullivan. · By age 11‚ learned to read 5 languages in Braille. · At age 24‚ graduated‚ Ratcliffe College‚1st blind and deaf person to earn Bachelors Degree. · In 1955‚ Helen was 75‚went on a 40‚000 mile journey‚ 5 month long tour through Asia talking
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INTRODUCTION Helen Keller was an American author‚ political activist‚ and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. She was born on June 27‚ 1880‚ in Tuscumbia‚ Alabama and died on June 1 ‚1968. Anne Sullivan arrived at Keller’s house in March 1887‚ and started to teach Helen how to communicate by spelling words into her hand. She went on to become a world-famous speaker and author. She is remembered as an advocate for people with disabilities‚ amid numerous
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The Mentor Archetype An archetype is an original model of a person or ideal example which can be copied by others. It is a symbol that can universally be recognized (The Writing). The archetype of being or having a mentor is well known in many situations and pieces of art. A mentor is a wise and trusted counselor‚ teacher‚ or adviser who can be a part of one’s life and experiences (Mentor). They are trustworthy and known for giving wise advice when come to with a problems. Mentors are also those
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The Miracle Worker In The Miracle Worker‚ William Gibson shows that with enough determination and perseverance‚ you can achieve what others perceive to be impossible. The story portrays the life of Annie Sullivan‚ a young Northerner‚ Helen Keller‚ a blind‚ deaf‚ stubborn child‚ and their progression of connecting by overcoming obstacles and understanding each other and the world around them. In the story‚ Annie succeeds in teaching Helen that all things have names and meanings‚ and over time those
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lecture the importance of educating the disabled. (Stevenson‚ 2005‚ p. 2) Helen Keller was determined and strong-willed. She was motivated by her intense eagerness to learn and determination to succeed. She loved to write and worked with Ms. Sullivan to learn step by step to go from writing a few words on a sheet of paper to the brilliant student who wrote over fourteen books in her lifetime. As she grew older‚ she became devoted to improve the treatment of the disabled so they did not have to
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