“Helen Keller is fellow to Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, Homer, Shakespeare and of the rest of the immortals . . . She will be as famous a thousand years from now as she is today” (Dorothy Herman 1998). What I think this quote is saying is that along with the other remarkable people she will be remembered for thousands of years. Helen was very important in American History for the changes she made in the world. Joseph P. Lash wrote “While the Keller’s raised almost everything they needed on their farm, they were not wealthy” (45). Her father was Arthur H. Keller had served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War with his second cousin Robert E. Lee. He retired and became an editor of a weekly newspaper. “North Alabamian”, a country weekly that he had
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Her dad was originally married to Catherine Everett and had two sons James and Simpsons Keller. Then he remarried to Kate Adams Keller. After Helen was born she had two younger siblings Mildred and Philip Brooks Keller. When Helen was six she knocked baby Mildred out of the cradle. That’s when her parents realized that they needed someone to help Helen. Helen Keller was born June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. When Helen Keller was six months old she could say a few words. When Helen Keller was one years old she was walking all over the house. But when she was nineteen months old she became sick with scarlet fever. The doctors said she was going to die but then the fever broke. Helen Keller was a normal kid but her parents started noticing that she didn’t turn away from sunlight or didn’t respond when they called her. Her parents finally figured out she was blind and deaf.
Helen parents spoiled her majorly. They gave into her tantrums. When they were sitting at the table eating she would walk around and steal food off her families plates. They didn’t care they just got more food and pretended it didn’t happen. When she was to wound up they gave her candy to calm her
Her dad was originally married to Catherine Everett and had two sons James and Simpsons Keller. Then he remarried to Kate Adams Keller. After Helen was born she had two younger siblings Mildred and Philip Brooks Keller. When Helen was six she knocked baby Mildred out of the cradle. That’s when her parents realized that they needed someone to help Helen. Helen Keller was born June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. When Helen Keller was six months old she could say a few words. When Helen Keller was one years old she was walking all over the house. But when she was nineteen months old she became sick with scarlet fever. The doctors said she was going to die but then the fever broke. Helen Keller was a normal kid but her parents started noticing that she didn’t turn away from sunlight or didn’t respond when they called her. Her parents finally figured out she was blind and deaf.
Helen parents spoiled her majorly. They gave into her tantrums. When they were sitting at the table eating she would walk around and steal food off her families plates. They didn’t care they just got more food and pretended it didn’t happen. When she was to wound up they gave her candy to calm her