Helen Prejean

Born in the late 1800s Helen Keller was, the impossible becoming possible. Helen Keller was known for her political, and social influences; and by using critical thinking she was able to overcome her deafness, and blindness. “When Keller was 19 months old, she was afflicted by an unknown illness, possibly scarlet fever or meningitis, which left her deaf and blind.”(McGinnity, Seymour-Ford, & Andries, 2004) Helen Keller spent her early childhood in complete darkness. Becoming frustrated, and…

Philosophy-4/06/16 Helen Keller & Sokolowski’s Phenomenology Helen Keller’s amazing story of how she came to understand language is portrayed in The Miracle Worker. Her teacher Anne Sullivan helped deaf and blind Helen to enter into the world of “linguistic reasoning” and ultimately helped her on her path to becoming the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor’s degree (79). The scene in The Miracle Worker in which Helen comes to understand the word ‘water’ moves Helen into a “world…

Helen Keller was a blind and deaf girl from Tuscumbia Alabama. Helen was blind and deaf from the age of nineteen months. When Helen was a child, she was out of control and acted animal-like. Helen was set up to be unsuccessful in the conditions that she was under as a child. At the age of five, Annie Sullivan came to Helen's home in Alabama. Annie taught and mentored Helen throughout her life. Annie helped set Helen up for success in her future. Helen Keller made an abundance of great…

dream of fear or unkindness” (268). 2. Through her disability, Helen learned differently from other children. The narrator suggests “she has one advantage over ordinary children, that nothing from without distracts her attention from her studies” (274). 3. Miss Sullivan was particular about not emphasizing what Helen’s disabilities, and rather focused on what she could do. Miss Sullivan describes that “in selecting books for Helen to read, I have never chosen them with reference to her deafness…

Johanna Mansfield Sullivan or better known as Anne Sullivan is a teacher and instructor famous for teaching Helen how to sign and communicate. Sullivan was born April 14, 1866 in Agawam Massachusetts. Her parents were poor immigrants that did not know how to read or write. When she was five, she contracted a disease called trachoma. This disease caused painful infections in her eyes and made her blind. Three years later, her mother died and her father left the children because he thought he…

impaired individual who society believed could not succeed in the world was Helen Keller. Helen Keller lost her ability to see, hear, and communicate at a very young age, until Annie Sullivan, her teacher who was partially blind, taught Helen how to converse through sign language and her sense of touch. In Arthur Penn’s movie portrayal of the famous play, The Miracle Worker, we see how the southern community treated both Helen and Annie as they tried to fit in society. Through the movie, we…

Ashley Connors was the average American teen girl until she became a national sensational for her miraculous recovery. Connors was 16 years old when tragedy struck as she was driving to a Friday night party with her girlfriends. Midst her drive she allegedly became distracted by a notification on her phone then was struck by a semi as she ran a red light. First responders rushed her to the hospital and rushed into an emergency surgery. It was at this moment that many would say a miracle happened…

This year, I participated in my theatre’s production of The Miracle Worker. I was privileged to receive the role in which I auditioned for. Acting in this play helped me understand character types and Gibson’s message of persistence. The role I auditioned for was James, as I wanted to play a dynamic character. Before, James was abrasive, passively expressing how he felt. In act 3, he dealt with his feelings. He accepted his stepmother, Kate, asking her to be his “friend,” (Gibson 86). Then,…

From life to Smith Alien Agent Smith has landed on planet earth in search of an explanation of an abstract human concept. In more alien terms a reason not to annihilate planet earth, he has landed in Merced, California and has come in contact with a human that goes by the name of Sandra. Sandra explains to Agent Smith that she will define the abstract concept, life. When people think of life they define it as all that is living, life has a heartbeat or it breathes like plants. Although they…

create name signs for one another. I recently just watched a film in one of my other classes, The Miracle Worker, that is a memoir of Helen Keller and is focused on her time with Anne Sullivan. When I watched the film, I thought of History Through Deaf Eyes and how much ASL has changed. American Sign Language is such a powerful tool. It is amazing at how far Helen Keller has come with the help of Anne Sullivan. Newspapers, a sign I learned watching the film, are created for deaf people. I think…