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    Helen Keller was a blind and deaf person who struggled throughout her life due to her disability. But she was also a very smart and curious person who wanted to experience the world the way a normal person would. Because of this indomitable will she was able to overcome the impossible and learned to interact with other people and her surroundings in her own way. In the process, she received awards that the best in their field would struggle with. She also traveled all over the world learning from

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    a highlight of the young life of Helen Keller, and how Anne Sullivan affected her for the better. Helen barely into her life, became deaf as well as blind, and was a wreck for it, but only until Anne Sullivan arrived. Deafness as well as blindness was not handled as well as it is today in the 1800’s, so the Keller’s—and even Annie too at first—did not know what to do with Helen. This was not easy job for Sullivan, but her perseverance allowed for success with Helen in the end. Perseverance is a vital

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    face the world without fear. HELEN KELLER Helen Keller overcame many struggles being blind and deaf. she spoke about her experiences to motivate others .she was the first person to earn Bachelor degree in Arts.. she was a speaker among the disabled. “ Once I knew only darkness and stillness… only life was without past and future… but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living”- Helen

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    I accept it as a morose thought, but I have come to think of literacy as a tool most significant to those who feel they cannot communicate with the world. This idea seems mundane, very far indeed from pessimistic, but you must understand that I am not speaking about individuals who are physically handicapped, but rather those who are depressed or emotionally stripped. It takes some literacy skills to write a poem about cold, dark depression and it takes even more skill to write your own suicide letter

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    Imagine a world where every person is a selfish being who will only keep their own interests in mind. As a result, they would have no social responsibility to help any person in need, be it a friend or family member. In fact, many people in modern-day society face persecution due to their race or gender. Those who do nothing or support the maltreatment of them to benefit themselves are the same people that support oppression. Those who support the oppressed, knowing the repercussions, are the same

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    A.“Keller, Helen” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2006 ed. Vol 11. Chicago:World Book, Inc.1998.255,Print "Keller, Helen Adams - Biographical Dictionary - S9.com." Biographical Dictionary S9com. 7 Aug. 2015. Web. 13 Dec. 2015. Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. Web. 13 Dec. 2015. “Helen Keller.”Biography(Activist).Web.10 Dec.2015. infoplease.infoplease.Web.10.2015 On June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama an inspirational figure was born. Her name was Helen Keller. Helen was born as

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    Helen Keller How would you feel to be born a healthy baby when you can see and hear? Helen Keller was like everyone else until she got very sick. The very next morning she woke up she felt better, her mom took her a bath and was scrubbing her hair all of a sudden mom noticed she wasn’t blinking.Her mom was freaking out she called the doctor and he said take her in tomorrow. The doctor said she had what was called "brain fever" that produced a high body temperature. As Helen Keller grew into childhood

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    Helen keller was born on June 27, 1881; nine months later she became ill and lost her sight and her hearing (“history.com”). Until Anne Sullivan came to help her when she was six years old; Helen controlled her house and her family, screaming to get what she wanted and doing whatever she wanted (“biogragpy.com editors”). She had her family in the palm of her hand, they would do anything that she pleased (“Dash”). When Anne came to the house, she had no idea what she was in for, she was trying to

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    Summary Helen Thomas is a 94 year old female Caucasian. She is a widow. Nine months ago, Mrs. Thomas has suffered a stroke. Three months later, she was place in the nursing home after her accident. The accident result in Mrs. Thomas’s right hip fracture. Mrs. Thomas has a hard time feeding herself not only that, she have hearing and vision problems. After suffered a stroke she become fragile which require her to use a wheelchair and mental problems. Mrs. Thomas has trouble remembering place and

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    The end of the film, Dead Man Walking, is definitely quite surprising. Throughout the film, the audience is given an insight into the lives of death row convict Matthew Poncelot and a nun guiding him to his death. The nun, Sister Helen Prejean, is torn throughout the film; she wants to help Matt own up to his monstrous acts as well as help the grieving families of Matt’s victim’s move on. What is perhaps the most shocking part of the film is the rollercoaster of flashbacks, leading the audience

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