Frost Fairies By Helen Keller Essay

If most people heard the name Helen Keller, they would think of that poor girl who was deaf and blind. They would think of her and remember the stories they heard about how she was taught how to communicate by a teacher named Anne Sullivan. That is probably all they would think about her. How she was world famous because of how she learned to read through Braille, letters pressed into her hand, and how she eventually learned to speak, however, this is not all there is to Helen Keller.

I chose to critique Helen Frankenthaler Snow Pines at in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art from 2004 in Garland Hall at the University of Alabama.

Anne struggles with her identity and developing herself as a person. Anne believes that she is a good person but because of her confinement she is not able to reach her full potential. Anne never get the chance to reach her full potential and never gets the chance of becoming the good person she has in mind.

“It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” (Anne Frank) Anne Frank was one of the many children who fell victim to the Holocaust during the World War II. Anne’s story is nothing short of a tragedy; she died at the early age of fifteen from Typhus while being held by the Nazi Regime, in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. Before dying, Anne and her family went into hiding and lived secretly in her father's office building in the Netherlands. While living in the “Annex,” a secret hiding place, she developed many interests such as reading and writing. Anne is famous because she is one of the best-known victims of the Holocaust, her story has been shared with millions in a publication of her diary, and through her writing’s she introduces many people to the massacre and its horror.

"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming" said Helen Keller, a woman who faced many obstacles in her life ("Fun"). Most people don't dedicate their lives to help others, especially if they have disabilities themselves, but Helen Keller is a different story. At 19 months old, Helen Keller was diagnosed with a disease that led her to be deaf and blind. A true hero is someone who is dedicated to help others in need no matter the circumstances/struggle he or she faces, never gives up, and is an inspiration for others. Helen Keller is a hero because she overcame the struggle of being deaf and blind by never giving up, dedicated her life to help others, and made change in the world despite her disabilities.

In Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak, the protagonist, a freshman named Melinda must learn the key to recovery after enduring extreme trauma. She struggled to find someone to speak to, due to the school shunning her for calling the police at the party. Throughout Speak, Melinda seeks to recover from the trauma she experienced, especially the cruel actions from her ex-friends. Through symbolism, Laurie Halse Anderson displays the theme in Melinda's perspective.

Sojourner Truth is an ex-slave and fiery abolitionist who dazzles listeners with her wit and originality. She is straight talking and unsentimental, Truth became a national symbol for strong black woman. Like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, she is regarded as a radical of immense and enduring influence; however, she is more remembered more for her myths than her personality. In the book, Sojourner Truth A Life, A Symbol, the author Nell Irvin Painter, goes beyond the myths, words, and photographs to uncover the life of a complex woman who was born into slavery and died a legend. Inspired by religion, Truth transforms herself from a domestic servant named Isabella into a nomadic preacher named Sojourner. Her words of empowerment have inspired black women and poor people of the world over to this day.

More than six million Jews did not know what was enquired of them once they stepped into their designated concentration camp. Ellie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, wrote the novel Night to describe the many events that troubled him. Eliezer was an innocent thirteen- year old child when he was forced to enter a labor camp named Auschwitz. He had no knowledge that he would be separated from most of his family and that most individuals’ fate was to end up in ashes. As months passed, he struggled to hold onto his morals, and beliefs as they were continuously being tested. His health also became frail because of the lack of nutrition and sleep. He was forced to create a method of self- survival and this began to have an effect on his appreciation for others, like his father. Ellie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, and author of the novel Night, described the many trials he encountered in the Nazi concentration camp and how it altered his self- being; physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Flannery O’Connor was an extravagant author who lived a tough childhood. She lost her father to lupus at a young age, but continued to strive for excellence. She attended grammar school, high school, college, and earned a fellowship to Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. At age 22 she was ready to start her writing career. Some of her best work was written in the twentieth-century. One of her books even won the National Book Award. She was clearly a writer of success. Unfortunately, Flannery O’Connor’s writing career was cut short when she died of lupus right before her fortieth birthday (1925-1964). However, her work of brilliance continues to live on without her.

While the book demonstrates Helen’s mother as the dominant figure of the family and against special education for Helen due to her above-average intelligence, DeClement portrays Helen’s father in a passive manner.

Technological advancement has often outperformed scientific knowledge associated with the causes that determine health. Increasing complications in social organization increase the possibilities by which multiple agents can disturb health, including factors such as those that risk physical health like venomous chemicals or radiation, restricted access to sanitary and pure natural resources, and the infinite amalgamation of them all. Decisions taken in areas apparently detached from health frequently have the prospect to have an impact on people’s health in either positive or negative manner due to a large number of links and connections in modern life. Health is an area comprised of highly intricate systems, which can be accidentally

On June 27, 1880, a girl named  Helen Adams Keller, a very well-knowned writer, was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama,   in a white, frame cottage called “Ivy Green.” Her parents were captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adams Keller.

Her main advantage in becoming successful was her eagerness to learn. When she first started to learn she says, “I began my studies with eagerness. Before me I saw a new world opening in beauty and light, and I felt within me the capacity to know all things.” (Keller, pg. 72) She had a positive persona that enabled her to learn.

"Radicalizing Reunion: Helen Keller's "The Story of My Life" and Reconciliation Romance." Southern Literary Journal, vol. 42, no. 2, Spring2010, pp. 34-51. EBSCOhost,

Helen Keller was born normal, however, shortly after being born she suffered an illness that caused her to be both blind and deaf. There is a movie about Helen’s struggle called “The Miracle Worker”. There is also a story by Helen Keller with called “The Day Language Came into My Life”. Both the story and the movie, display how the miracles of language and learning allowed Helen to overcome many obstacles in her life. This essay’s purpose is to perform a literary critique of both the movie and the excerpt about Helen Keller. Anne and Helen’s characters, points of view, and situation show the constant struggle of the desire for more knowledge even though the odds are against her.