Worker bee

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” Margaret Thatcher, the first female British prime minister, 1925-2013, stated this meaningful quote. Meaning that you have to fight for what you want and keep fighting because it will take more than one try to accomplish your goal. The quote by Margaret Thatcher can relate to many famous well know people, for example, there was a man named Steve Jobs who was the co-founder and CEO of Apple. As a kid, he acquired a passion for…

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller said these words because she was blind and deaf, therefore she could only feel things. So while other people was seeing the beauty of the world Helen was feeling the beauty of the world.Helen Keller was born June 27, 1880 in Tuscmbia,AL. Helen Keller is considered one of the leading figures in the twentieth century. She lost both her vision and hearing when she was 19…

The characters of William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker reveal the experience of children with disabilities second hand and the influence it has on their relationships. Helen Keller is a deaf and blind mute, isolated in her own world, unable to communicate with others; it’s possible she lost her sight and hearing as a result of an acute congestion. She’s “quite unkempt, attractive but noticeably blind, with one eye larger and protruding” whereas her gestures are abrupt, incessant and “lack human…

in the Grocery Outlet produce section was of the farmers hands gesturing to a basket full of harvested vegetables; lettuce, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, peppers onions and more. In the background is a huge field, devoid of any other farmers or farm workers. The farmer is depicted as the character you think of when you think of the word “farmer.” Red flannel, jean overalls, wedding ring visible, and I bet if the head was included in this picture it would have a straw hat on top. I think it’s…

I clearly remember the day when I first met Lennie and Carla. I had just stepped onto the drylands of Auburn, Alamaba. It had been late in the afternoon almost eight o’clock.I had been travelling before but now I was back in my hometown. The house I was called to work on was an older building that had started falling apart slightly. Carla was the owner of the house. She was an older lady in her mid 70’s with grey tied back hair and a bright smile. She was a peteit lady standing at five feet…

Half a dozen eggs waited, untouched. Ally rinsed off another shell. Arthur pricked holes into each end of the sixth with a stubby pencil. He blew into it, aiming the goo at the bowl on the counter. Don’t touch it with your mouth! Ally, that’s the only way it works. You’ll get salmonella. And then, for my next trick, I’ll drop dead on stage! You worry too much, you lawyer. I won’t kiss you, then. She focused on the eggshell, dabbed it dry. Humidity beaded the walls. Mosquito stained…

The Miracle Worker is a play during the 1960’s written by Will Gibson and revolves around Annie Sullivan and the struggles she must go through while having to teach Helen Keller the art of language. As the story progresses, several different types of conflicts are introduced to us through Annie. Examples of this would include man vs. man and man vs. himself. Helen Keller, as a growing six year old girl without the ability to see, her or talk is also having a difficult time with adjusting to…

Helen Keller was born a perfectly normal child. Everything changed in her life when she was almost 2 years old. She was diagnosed with “an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain” This left her blind and deaf permanently. Helen Keller was a very strong person because she was able to overcome so much. Helen was an independent, determined, and kind women, Helen Keller was a very independent person. She left her house with Anne Sullivan (her teacher) before she was even able to go to school…

Migrant farmer workers were plagued with nothing but the consequences of poverty. In their environment, they made only a few dollars a day, sacred resources, and limited opportunities for an education. The farm workers were stuck in a trapped cycle of hard work with barely a chance to move up socially. There was no sense of hope of being something different than a migrant worker. Being a farm worker creates the impression of being dirty, illiterate, lazy, and worthless to society. The workers…

‘The Miracle Worker’ Essay. Every single person you know experiences some sort of challenge every single day of their life. It is completely inevitable and you can’t live a life with a free pass from personal struggles! Like many other I have many challenges of my own. The challenge I want to tell you about, and I think relates me to Helen Keller is that I can not express my feelings when I talk to people. The reason I say this relates me to her is because all my life people have been trying to…