Helen Keller's Accomplishments

At nineteen months Helen Keller lost both her sight and hearing due to a sickness. Helen’s parents raised her like an animal, they would never punish her or yell at her so she did whatever she wanted and when she did not get her way she had vicious tantrums. But, all of that changed when Helen was around six years old and her parents had had enough of Helen’s outburst so they wrote someone at Perkins Institute for the Blind and they sent a recent graduate, Annie Sullivan to help the family. Annie Sullivan went to the Keller’s household and did not like the way Helen acted, she was rude, tainted and selfish. Annie Sullivan worked with Helen and got her to be polite, ladylike and kind, Helen learned the manual alphabet and that words have meaning. Keller’s life was great, she did many things to help people with the same disabilities as her. Helen Keller was a great success even with her disabilities.

Helen Keller went to college even with her being deaf and blind. A quote that helps prove this is, “She was an excellent student, and was admitted into Radcliffe College at age 20” ( Helen Adams Keller, World of Health, Gale, 2006). Meaning Helen Keller was …show more content…
In addition, this quote means that Helen wrote a book in college even with her deafness and blindness. She was able to write a book even with her drawbacks. The thesis connects to the quote because being able to complete a book while being blind and deaf is a huge achievement. This shows how she was such a success because writing a book with her defects is very hard to do and she did it. Also writing a book in her sophomore year in college while still having her downfalls is a great accomplishment. Helen persevered through all of her troubles and was able to write a book which is why she is an amazing