Tristin Ludwig
Could you imagine a life without color, sound, nor communication? Well that is what life was like for Helen Keller, she was a blind, deaf, and mute child. This turbulent journey all started when Helen got sick with “brain fever”, she was about eighteen months old when this happened. This fascinating story was brought to life in a play called “The Miracle Worker”. It was written by William Gibson in 1956. Six years after the play came out, a movie was released based on the play. It was called “The Miracle Worker”, it was directed by Arthur Penn and was released in 1962. Annie Sullivan, teacher, came into Helen Keller’s life when she was about six or seven. Annie taught Helen basically everything she knew, she became unmute, …show more content…
Annie stays in her bedroom until dinner when James, Helen’s older half-brother, says that Annie is up there. Captain Keller and Kate Keller, the parents of Helen, are appalled when they hear this news. Captain Keller has to grab a ladder and grabs Annie from the bedroom window. In comparison to this, the same thing happens in the movie. In the movie everything is more dramatic, you can see everyone being frantic about things and yelling to one another. Another comparison would be when Helen is in the living room playing with a doll. This part starts when Helen pulls a button off of her Aunt Ev’s shirt. After ripping the buttons off she starts touching her eyes and where the doll’s eyes should be. Kate then comes over to Helen and realizes what she is trying to say. Kate then puts the eyes on the doll which makes Helen ecstatic! In the movie things are more real with this scene. You can see Helen joy on her face, and how concerned the family was when Helen ripped the buttons off of Aunt Ev’s clothes. My last similarity is when Annie first arrives to the Kellers house. When she arrives Helen is sitting on the front porch, Annie goes up and sits next to her. Helen touches Annie trying to see who Annie is. She goes to her suitcase next, Helen picks it up and goes in the door to go up to her room. Once they both get to the room Helen starts going through Annie’s things. She …show more content…
Annie took Helen to the pond to show her what more things were and to teach her new words. Using this method I think that Helen got to experience more nature and more things that are around her. I think they put this part in the movie because they wanted to go more in depth with all the things that Annie did to help Helen achieve her goal. It also shows what hard work Annie did to help Helen. There was also a difference from the play to the movie. In the play the servants, had a lot of parts such as speaking and working around the house. I think that they didn’t put the servants in as much because they didn’t have a really big parts that involves Helen and Annie. They have to do more with the house and Helen’s parents. The last and final difference between the movie and the play was when Annie finds the cottage that they are going to stay in. In the play Annie finds this cottage and it cleaned up and nice inside. Compared to the movie though it was dirty and full of cobwebs. She still walked in a had ideas about it and loved it. They made everything seem so nice and pretty in the play, but it was the opposite in the movie. I think the director did this because they wanted to emphasize what the cottage was really like, as well as what she was giving up just to help Helen. She gave up nice food and living space.Those are my three reasons why the
Could you imagine a life without color, sound, nor communication? Well that is what life was like for Helen Keller, she was a blind, deaf, and mute child. This turbulent journey all started when Helen got sick with “brain fever”, she was about eighteen months old when this happened. This fascinating story was brought to life in a play called “The Miracle Worker”. It was written by William Gibson in 1956. Six years after the play came out, a movie was released based on the play. It was called “The Miracle Worker”, it was directed by Arthur Penn and was released in 1962. Annie Sullivan, teacher, came into Helen Keller’s life when she was about six or seven. Annie taught Helen basically everything she knew, she became unmute, …show more content…
Annie stays in her bedroom until dinner when James, Helen’s older half-brother, says that Annie is up there. Captain Keller and Kate Keller, the parents of Helen, are appalled when they hear this news. Captain Keller has to grab a ladder and grabs Annie from the bedroom window. In comparison to this, the same thing happens in the movie. In the movie everything is more dramatic, you can see everyone being frantic about things and yelling to one another. Another comparison would be when Helen is in the living room playing with a doll. This part starts when Helen pulls a button off of her Aunt Ev’s shirt. After ripping the buttons off she starts touching her eyes and where the doll’s eyes should be. Kate then comes over to Helen and realizes what she is trying to say. Kate then puts the eyes on the doll which makes Helen ecstatic! In the movie things are more real with this scene. You can see Helen joy on her face, and how concerned the family was when Helen ripped the buttons off of Aunt Ev’s clothes. My last similarity is when Annie first arrives to the Kellers house. When she arrives Helen is sitting on the front porch, Annie goes up and sits next to her. Helen touches Annie trying to see who Annie is. She goes to her suitcase next, Helen picks it up and goes in the door to go up to her room. Once they both get to the room Helen starts going through Annie’s things. She …show more content…
Annie took Helen to the pond to show her what more things were and to teach her new words. Using this method I think that Helen got to experience more nature and more things that are around her. I think they put this part in the movie because they wanted to go more in depth with all the things that Annie did to help Helen achieve her goal. It also shows what hard work Annie did to help Helen. There was also a difference from the play to the movie. In the play the servants, had a lot of parts such as speaking and working around the house. I think that they didn’t put the servants in as much because they didn’t have a really big parts that involves Helen and Annie. They have to do more with the house and Helen’s parents. The last and final difference between the movie and the play was when Annie finds the cottage that they are going to stay in. In the play Annie finds this cottage and it cleaned up and nice inside. Compared to the movie though it was dirty and full of cobwebs. She still walked in a had ideas about it and loved it. They made everything seem so nice and pretty in the play, but it was the opposite in the movie. I think the director did this because they wanted to emphasize what the cottage was really like, as well as what she was giving up just to help Helen. She gave up nice food and living space.Those are my three reasons why the