Hellen Keller by Tyrone W.

 

To begin with Helen Keller had a difficult early life. Helen Keller was an American author who lost her sight and hearing due to an illness at the age of nineteen months. She didn’t know how to communicate. She had a lot of trouble trying to communicate to her parents. So, her parents got her a teacher who had some disabilities herself so Helen could learn from her. Throughout all the time Helen Keller’s family was not able to understand or think of what she was saying. So, Helen had a tough life in her youth but as Helen got older her matureness did as well, so she was able to understand more than she did in her youth. Helen Keller made a lot of progress throughout her life. But she still overcame all the challenges throughout her days.

According to The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy, Helen was 12 when she met her first teacher and long-life companion Anne Sullivan, who taught her language, including reading and writing. Also, Helen’s teacher had some disabilities herself, so they had a good bond and Anne Sullivan was able to teach Keller how to communicate with others because of the disabilities she had in her youth as well. This shows that Helen Keller didn’t really have a great past. Helen couldn’t even speak, write, spell, or read, but her teacher Anne Sullivan taught her all of those things, not only was she her teacher she was also her good friend, who stood by Helen unto death. Helen had made progress since the first time she had seen Anne Sullivan, because when Helen was younger, she wasn’t mature.

Helen was blind and deaf so she really couldn’t contact other people according to American Foundation for the Blind. Also, her father didn’t really want Helen because of the fact that she was deaf and blind. Helen made it to college, and she did this without being able to see or hear, which is very impressive. She was also able to become an author of many books all while in the process of being blind and deaf. These accomplishments were very honorable because of the fact that it was done by a lady with those type of disabilities. So, the fact that she accomplished these goals are very awe-inspiring. Helen had many accomplishments and probably many goals.

Then, according to The Story of Helen Keller. Helen had a speech problem because she never heard any language. She was able to talk but her talking wasn’t very great. Although, throughout the years of being together, her family and teacher Anne Sullivan grew to understand what Helen was saying and was able to communicate back with her. They learnt how to translate the words. Though Helen’s family has been with her for years, they still didn’t know what was going on inside her head, but they were able to understand the words that were coming out of her mouth. Helen’s family must have been very understanding and very patient because they had to take time to listen, learn, and understand what she was saying. But throughout all that her family still loved and cared for her.

All in all, Helen was able to communicate to others and she learnt a lot from her youth onward. She became more mature and smarter, as well she learnt how to read books through codes so she could feel the letter on the palm of her hands. Helen Keller was a great author, and a great reader. Helen was deaf and blind, but she still was able to overcome all of the problems in her life.