Helen Keller

What they do not see is all of the hard work and positive attitude it takes to achieve such labels. One inspirational woman once said, “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence” (Keller). This quote, by Helen Keller, would be the basis of the American Dream. The American Dream is the idea that every…

Patrick Lewis is about Helen Keller, a historical figure who was blind and deaf. In the poem she aspired to learn and discover the world despite her disabilities. The poem shows she was able to do so by utilizing the senses that she did have. In stanza 1 lines 1-4 it states, “My life is such/ That every word/ I love to touch/ I wish I heard.” This quote reveals the fact that Helen Keller can neither hear or see so she needs to use her sense of touch to…

The journey to victory is one bumpy never ending road of madness fueled by repeated failure and pure motivation and desire. By the end of the road trip the failure is no longer seen as an obstacle or a dead end, but rather a fiery motive to reach the ultimate goal. Various well known successes were once categorized as a so called failure. All victories or accomplishments have losses that are used as motivation and determination to take a leap towards victory like all great successes have done…

dream for me is an education. Miller discloses the benefits education provides, whereas Doumbia denotes the importance of having an education. Keller explains how difficult her childhood was because of her inability to hear or see, and Raymond expresses how dyslexia made his life at school miserable and the amount of pain it brought him mentally. Although Keller and Raymond faced challenges that made it difficult for them to reach a proper education,…

There has always been a distinguishing factor between humans and animals. What separates humans from animals is our capacity for symbolic representation. Symbolic representation refers to the use of “something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible.” In other words, we assign certain symbols to represent certain objects or situations. Animals can easily link a certain effect with a cause, more specifically, a certain sound with an action. However,…

In her book, The Story of My Life, she writes about her childhood. Before Keller met her teacher, Anne Sullivan, she does not have any ability of language. During that period, Keller has the sense of moral emotions. Keller stood between two persons who talk to each other. She tried to imitate them, but she could not make a sound (Part I, Chapter II). This provoked her because Keller believes it is unfair that other people can use their mouth to speak, but she could not. This example…

have different thoughts about the war. In addition, experts discuss about the harm that the war brought to people and their country, reason why countries go to war, why the government tries to influence people to join or participate to war. In Helen Keller article, the way I understand the excerpt is countries go to war because of exploitation and to occupy or take over a country. In John Reed's excerpt, he discusses how World War 1 brought a lot of disadvantages and effects to working people,…

Nazi Book Burning of 1933 "Wherever books are burned, human beings are destined to be burned too" (HIstory Place). This quote, shared by Heinrich Heine, encapsulates the feeling by many who... Censorship is the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts. Books, movies, songs, videos, and many more have been censored for many reasons. There are many books in different states that have been banned because of content, but no group of people has been…

Once Helen Keller said, “Darkness would make him appreciate sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound”. Elliot displays what Helen Keller says in her book Silas Marner. The character Silas goes through some struggles and gets abandon by close friends and so to be relatives. Silas then is forced to leave town and ends up in a town named Ravelo. In Ravelo, Silas dwells for 15 years with no exchange to anyone except for trade. Silas goes “blind” for 15 years of his life. Once was a gushing…

KELLER: Katie. How many times can you let them break your heart? KATE: Any number of times. (7) This was in the beginning of the book when they were just finding out about Helen’s disability, not able to hear or see. To me, this passage means that Kate still has hope, and that she is willing to do everything it takes for Helen to see and hear. This fall I have experienced a series of injuries. In total, I have missed about 10 weeks of sports. Soccer is my passion. It always has been. I love…