The Miracle Worker Analysis

Anne was curious about why murders, lynching and mysterious fires were taking place in and around her community. Every time she went to her mother for advice or discussion on race relations, she was immediately redirected to a subject less controversial. If Anne wanted to figure any of these issues out, she was going to have to do it on her own.

The terrible brain fever left her with being blind and deaf. Her mother discovered when she was blind when she was staring into the light and not blinking at all, and she discovered her being deaf by Helen not responding to the dinner bell that she rang every night. With Helen’s disabilities, she had trouble doing anything or learning anything. As the author states, “Helen seemed almost more wild animal than little girl.” (Garrett 27). So, Helen’s mom, Kate, researched for somebody that could teach her child, and she actually learn something. Finally, they found a teacher that was willing to teach Helen, her name was Anne

Anne has deeply connected with the people around her in Avonlea which has impacted her behaviors and overall well-being for the better. If she were to stay in the homes that she grew up in, it is very likely that Anne would not have been as successful as she was. Her quirky behavior was impacted by her past home situations and the way she was raised by Mathew and Marilla. She focuses mostly on her imagination, but Mathew and Marilla both helped to stabilize her and ensure that she became prosperous and accepted into

Imagine living in a world without sound and everything is pitch black. Well, welcome to the amazing world of Helen Keller. Helen is a girl who grew up in Alabama who is blind, deaf, and mute. The astounding book The Miracle Worker by William Gibson captures her unbelievable story. The book that he wrote is in play form not original text, so there is a movie that comes with the novel. The Miracle Worker the movie was released in 2000. The film is directed by Nadia Tass, starring Alison Elliott as Annie Sullivan, who is Helen’s teacher and helps her out of her world, and also stars Hallie Kate as the Helen Keller. Even though the book and the movie have many similarities, they are different in their own way.

Helen Keller is a name that almost everyone in our country knows. She is famous, not only for her unfortunate and extremely limiting disabilities, but for the unrelenting effort she put forward to overcome them. Despite being both blind and deaf, she was eager to learn. In this excerpt from The Story of My Life, Keller tells the story of the day that the fire for learning was lit inside of her. Through her writing, Keller uses tone, perspective, and emotional appeal to present her feelings to readers.

Soon, though, she received an offer to tutor Helen. The first week of tutoring Helen was a mess. Helen would often fight her tutor and successfully took out Anne’s tooth. Anne went through this trial with the patience and perseverance that she needed for her childhood. Anne tried teaching her words by letting her feel around for things than spelling these words on her hand. However, Helen wasn’t making the connection between what Anne was doing with her hands and what Helen was

Helen Keller was a deaf and blind author, lecturer, and political activist from the United States. Her teacher, Anne Sullivan, taught her how to communicate and eventually Keller became the first deaf and blind person to receive a Bachelor of Arts. She wrote many books and advocated for labor rights, socialism, woman’s suffrage, antimilitarism, and many other controversial topics.

Through writing, Keller portrays her physical disabilities as a challenge she must overcome; Keller writes at a high academic level which proves to her audience that her external appearance does not reflect her mental ability.

She now realizes that she is treating her mom poorly and understands that no one wants to be treated the way that she is treating her mother. Anne feels really bad and cares about her mom. This is shown when she stops rambling about her mother and realizes how she is treating her. Anne cares. She wishes that she did not do that to her mother and that she takes it back and wants to become

They were locked into spending two weeks alone with each other. Annie knew that the only way to teach Helen discipline and to spell would be to spend some time alone with her. The two weeks they spent together in the house was the key to Helen learning to tolerate Annie. Annie said, “Give up, why, I only today saw what has to be done, to begin! I want complete charge of her. I’ll have to live with her somewhere else. Till she learns to depend on and listen to me.” This quote shows Annie’s perseverance towards wanting time alone with Helen and how much she believes it will help. Annie knew that the only way to get Helen to rely on her was to spend time alone with her and teach her

The second quote and third shows that Anne’s differences with her mom blind the love that her mom has for her. The fourth and last quote shows how fortunate she is to have such parents that care and love for her, yet she still is blinded by her love

Catherine describes that the entire family is becoming involved in the therapy, as they all learn to communicate to Anne Marie the way Bridget does, and learn to use positive reinforcement for good behaviors. Catherine notes Anne Marie begins to look at them more, and to become involved in the world. One day, Anne Marie points to a fountain, and then looks at Catherine, as if to show her the water. Catherine now understands the therapy is working. Catherine begins to nag Anne Marie consistently about her behaviors, attempting to stop all self-stimulatory behavior. All family and friends are consistently demanding, and the work begins to pay off as they see Anne Marie becoming more alert and alive. She begins to notice and smile at

The medicine, food, and other materials are limited within the small space of the annex. The items that the group does have has to be rationed between everyone. Anne becomes frustrated quickly within the annex and how the other families act like nothing is going on. Anne says in one of her entries, “I don’t think Father has a very nice business. Nothing but pectin and pepper. As long as you’re in the food business, why not make candy?” (75) Even though she has become a bit more mature by moving into the annex, this shows that Anne is still a child at heart. A challenge she faces personally is her relationship with her family. She feels like her mother lacks love and wants nothing to do with he. Her father is strict and often punishes her sister and herself. The stress of the situation on her father shows throughout the diary and changes with the different situations that the family faces. Her relationship with Margret, her sister, is difficult due to an unlikeness between them not to much is heard about her. The one relationship within the annex that is positive is with Peter van Dann, who her father very much does not like, she often finds herself talking or thinking about him during the quiet day. As she matures, Anne

In the book “The Miracle Worker” by William Gibson, Helen had a few problems with herself which made her an angry child.One of the main ones were that she cannot see. The text reads that,”JAMES:She is tryin’ talk. She gonna get mad. Look at her tryin’ talk.”(Gibson 4)This is only one of the reasons Helen is mad at herself. The other reason is because of her disabilities. In the book it says,”...she wants to be like you and me.”(Gibson 11) This shows why she throws all these tantrums and also shows what is in her. This shows the conflicts Helen has with herself.

The authors showed how Anne transitioned into adulthood by showing that she learned to communicate better. Like many kids today that are undergoing the transition into adulthood, she learned to communicate better so she was less misunderstood. She was still misunderstood at the end, but no more than anyone else. Many kids today can relate to Anne because they have a hard time communicating. Throughout their transition, like Anne, they can also learn to communicate better. In the beginning Anne often says things such as, “Mother still does not understand me.” (Goodrich, Hackett) She says