Thomas Keller

for someone who was deaf, dumb and blind living life over one hundred years ago? One incredible woman was faced with such a challenge and she accomplished more in her lifetime than most women did with-out any handicap and her name is Helen Keller. Helen Keller is a celebrated woman in American history who accomplished countless achievements and paved the way for the deaf and blind community by inspiring millions and showing how to prove yourself when the odds are stacked against you. Before the

that was chosen for this reflection is Helen Keller. Helen Keller was a well-known author, educator and social activist in America in the early 20th century (Helen Keller Biography, 2016, para. 1). Helen Keller was also the first deaf and blind person to graduate from college with a Bachelor of Arts degree (Helen Keller Timeline, n.d.). She was born on the 27th of June in 1880 as a physically healthy child to Arthur H. Keller and Kate Adams. Helen Keller was the first of the three children born to

Have you ever thought or realized how many goals Helen Keller has achieved in her lifetime? Helen Keller has been admired by people all over the world. She was confident and didn't let her condition stop her from being able to do what she imagined to. She herself said “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Helen Keller is an extraordinary person who deserves everything she accomplished because of her determination to strive through the

Helen Keller, a woman that not only changed the United States but the world in many ways. She was not only blind, but a deaf woman that did multiple things to help other people that had her disabilities by fighting for them in the ways they couldn’t. Keller had a huge impact on the blind and deaf community, which she helped tremendously while getting more assistance to the blind. Helen Keller, a deaf and blind woman that helped and inspired many other disabled people by fighting through her own disabilities

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

Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27th, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. At only nineteen months old, Keller fell sick with a high fever that was never fully diagnosed and it caused her to become blind and deaf. Ever since the day that Keller became disabled, it was hard for her to speak and see Keller would get so upset and angry at times because she couldn’t talk and see like the rest of her family, and that she would throw temper tantrums. Ever since she got the help, Keller got a better attitude

speeches toward the disabled community. Helen Keller made a lasting impact on the world. Another thing to look up too is the fact that she learned so much in so little time. Helen was able to learn how to read braille and write in English, Latin, French, Italian, Greek, and German. Also Helen was able to utilize on a Braille writer and a typewriter. Along with all that she found a teacher, Sarah Fuller, to teach her how to speak (Marlow 236). Keller was able to accomplish this in only a couple of

reach. The essay “Homemade Education” by Malcolm X, a minister and a civil right activist, describes how his experience of learning how to read and write in prison changes his life as he became both an articulate speaker and writer. Similarly, Helen Keller, an author and political activist shares her experience being both deaf and blind in an excerpt called “A Word for Everything.” She explains how learning a new language opened her to all the joys and horrors of the world. I, like many other authors

are able to prove that they are confident and brave to those around them. Helen Keller was one of the first handicapped people to rise above all the complications she faced. Her care for others as well as herself lead her to a well respected lifestyle. Helen Keller encountered a horrible illness when she was only a child. Helen and her family received the terrible news about her at such a young age. Knowing that Keller was about to face a dangerous fever that lead

In the book Helen Keller; A Life by Dorothy Hermann, Helen inspired people from across the world. At the young age of 2, Helen Keller got the flu which left her both blind and deaf. Over the years she had a difficult time communicating, but she got through it with the help of her her teacher and best friend, Anne Sullivan. Helen not only fought for braille to be apart of the standardized system she also wrote many books and entries for magazines, and she inspired people along the was of her journey