According to the oxford dictionary, plagiarism “is the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own”. Most students believe plagiarism can only be used in writing, essays, and published books, but plagiarism can be used on several works like, music, arts, and even in clothes designing. There have been so many incidents where people have stolen other people’s works or ideas. “If you plagiarize others' techniques, you steal their emotions and tell your spectators a lie with your work. Works as such equal zero.” ― Wu Guan-Zhong
The famous Helen Keller has been accused of plagiarism at the age eleven where she has stolen the writings and ideas of Margaret T. Canby. Helen Keller was born on June, 27, 1880 in …show more content…
Helen Keller has plagiarized even if she was a little girl. She perfectly remembers reading this story with her mentor. Even though Helen Keller denies plagiarizing the story she somehow even admits to remembering reading about it with Anne Sullivan. “Margaret Canby’s tale had been spelled to Helen perhaps three years before, and lay dormant in her prodigiously retentive memory; she was entirely oblivious of reproducing phrases not her own” (The New Yorker. …show more content…
Her mentor Anne Sullivan would repeatedly trace the letters on Keller’s palm so she would recognize the outline of the alphabet. Helen would also trace her fingers on the lips of those who were speaking to her to make out what they are saying. Helen Keller has grown to copy and imitate others so it has become a habit of her to use such information as her own. A human brain can hold up to a million gigabytes. Helen Keller’s brain contained those stories she has read at a young age. With Keller she decided to just change a few words and phrases around to make it her own
The famous Helen Keller has been accused of plagiarism at the age eleven where she has stolen the writings and ideas of Margaret T. Canby. Helen Keller was born on June, 27, 1880 in …show more content…
Helen Keller has plagiarized even if she was a little girl. She perfectly remembers reading this story with her mentor. Even though Helen Keller denies plagiarizing the story she somehow even admits to remembering reading about it with Anne Sullivan. “Margaret Canby’s tale had been spelled to Helen perhaps three years before, and lay dormant in her prodigiously retentive memory; she was entirely oblivious of reproducing phrases not her own” (The New Yorker. …show more content…
Her mentor Anne Sullivan would repeatedly trace the letters on Keller’s palm so she would recognize the outline of the alphabet. Helen would also trace her fingers on the lips of those who were speaking to her to make out what they are saying. Helen Keller has grown to copy and imitate others so it has become a habit of her to use such information as her own. A human brain can hold up to a million gigabytes. Helen Keller’s brain contained those stories she has read at a young age. With Keller she decided to just change a few words and phrases around to make it her own