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    The Golden Girl Analysis

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    One of the very most uplifting stories of the time, the story that was, still is and will continue to be the utmost heartening and inspiring, the story of the ‘TRUE GOLDEN GIRL’, the story of ‘BETTY CUTHBERT’, a victim of multiple sclerosis in 1969. From an ordinary worker in her father’s plant nursery to someone who set nine world records, starting from an early age of 15 years, this is the life sketch of the renowned athlete- ‘Betty Cuthbert’. ‘The Golden Girl’ along with twin sister, Marion Cuthbert

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    Dead Man Walking

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    The important woman who was a great example of faith was Sr. Helen Prejean the one of the world’s most well-known anti-death penalty activists. As a Catholic nun, she began her prison ministry over 30 years ago. She is the author of the best-selling book Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty. She did the ministries like women in the Early Churches women were clearly involved in the spread of Christianity and in

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    The Life Of Helen Keller

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    Born inside a cage, but with every desire to escape and learn about the the intriguing world outside it, Helen Keller’s early life was dismal. Keller used the Habit of Mind - Responding with Wonderment and Awe - to escape this cage and interact with the world outside it. Soon, her interactions became changes, and her changes created a new and better way for blind and non-blind people to live. These changes and her story inspired and illuminated our society to become an equal and just place to live

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    are many people in the world that suffer from these disabilities. They also learn how to adapt to the disabilities they suffer. Helen Keller was a very historic figure, who was both blind and deaf. This paper will include: the early life of Helen Keller, Keller’s college experience, Keller’s first book, Keller’s job, and honors and recognitions that Keller received. Helen Keller was born June 27th, 1880. Keller was born as a normal baby. She was stricken with an illness called “brain fever” at nineteen

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    Helen Keller defied all the odds stacked against her. Annie Sullivan defied all odds of teaching her. Together they create a story. William Gibson, the author of the play, The Miracle Worker, portrays through the struggles of each girl that it takes work and discipline not pity and laziness to accomplish goals. Helen was a blind and deaf six and a half year old prone to tantrums and bad manners when Annie first met her. Considering that Annie herself had been blind and had had nine surgeries

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    The amazing story of Annie Sullivan and young Helen Keller was put into words in form of a play 57 years ago. “The Miracle Worker” by William Gibson contains several characters who are isolated in their own way. The most obvious is Helen with her deafness and blindness. Then there is Annie who is in a completely different part of the country and has absolutely no family since she was an orphan and her brother died. Lastly, James is isolated because he feels like he doesn’t belong. Keller left James’

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    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a bind, depth, and mute child? Helen Keller did not wonder, she lived it. “The Miracle worker” play written by William Gibson in 1956, and “The Miracle Worker” movie directed by Arthur Penn Was released in 1962 are both about the childhood of Helen Keller and how her teacher Anne Sullivan taught her many things that changed Helens life. To compare and contrast the movie and the play, they are both very similar but also different. To start, when

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    ways. Helen was a blind, deaf, and mute individual that needed help learning and having manners, so Helens parents Kate and Captain Keller called Annie. Annie was the one who taught Helen how to read, write, speak, listen, etc. Even though there family had some doubts with Annie being blind in one eye on how she was going to pull this off. Both the play and the movie are very much alike because they share the same things that happened. In the play Helen is very aggressive to Annie, Helen slaps

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    Captain and Kate Keller are the parents of Helen, a child who is both deaf and blind. There are many disagreements in the Keller household which causes tension. Annie Sullivan comes to see if she can teach Helen, and she finds that Helen’s disabilities are not the only factor causing tension. In the end, Annie not only creates a miracle by educating Helen, but she also causes a miracle to occur when she succeeds in teaching the Kellers that their pity towards Helen is only worsening her behavior. Annie

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    not for it. Deaf Schools were not very common, therefore to go to a Deaf School, Heather would be away from her family. Heather’s parents finally came to see this as the best decision for her and placed her into the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, Missouri. At CID, Heather soared. She was in the right environment with people just like

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