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ABHINAV PANDEY
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2. Helen Keller was born in Alabama
on June 27,1880.When she was
just nineteen months old she
suffered a serious illness due to
which she completely lost her
sense of hearing as well as sight.
Initially she devised gestures to
make herself understood and was
quite independent. She would do
all the daily chores and be the
active member of the family. But
then over the years she got
frustrated and hostile. Her parents
realized that she needed a special
teacher and when she was six
years old a teacher by the name
Anne Sullivan was appointed with
the help of Alexander Graham Bell.

3. She is considered as one of the
heroic figures who had overcome
extreme hardship in order to achieve
her life time goals and aims of life.
Though she found herself completely
drowned is silence and darkness she
began to learn to read and write
mainly due to her persistence and
perseverance. Not to mention the
support of her teacher and the
parents. She always craved to
communicate with the world around
and get connected to them. She loved
the outdoors and longed to experience
it. By the brilliant use of words and
concepts she could not only
understand the physical world but
also the world of concepts, ideas and
emotions. This ability to communicate
made her pursue her career as
a lecturer and writer.

4. Miss Anne Mansfield Sullivan had the greatest
influence on the life, character and achievements
of Helen Keller. She gave a new direction,
meaning and purpose to Helen's dark life. Miss
Sullivan inherited all those traits and
characteristics that go in making a perfect
teacher. She was a picture of tireless patience . It
was her constant encouragement, help and
guidance that made Helen Keller first deaf and
blind in the world to earn a bachelor degree. It
was Graham Bell who advised the parents of
Helen Keller to contact the Perkins Institute for
the Blind. The director, Mr. Anagnos asked a
former student of Miss Anne Sullivan to become
Keller's instructor. Miss Sullivan was herself a
visually impaired 20 year old lady. It was he
beginning of a 49-year-long relationship. The
relationship evolved into Miss Sullivan becoming
Helen's governess and then eventful companion

5. Anne Sullivan arrived at Keller's
house in March 1887. She
immediately began to teach Helen to
communicate by spelling words into
her hand, beginning with "d-o-l-l" for
the doll. It was Miss Sullivan who
unfolded and developed Helen's skills
and possibilities. It was Sullivan's
genius as a teacher, her sympathy
and loving tact which made learning
so beautiful and interesting for Helen
Keller. She felt that her being was
inseparable from her student. All that
was the best in Helen Keller had been
awakened by the loving touch of Miss
Sullivan. Anne Sullivan stayed as a
companion to Helen Keller long after
she taught her. Anne Sullivan married
John Macy in 1905. She remained a s
a constant companion to Helen Keller
till she died in 1936.

6. Mr. Michael Anagnos was
the director of the Perkins
institution for the blind in
Boston. He was the one who
had found out miss Sullivan
as a teacher and a
companion for Helen. After
Helen joined the institution,
Mr. Anagnos became a good
friend of hers. Helen
dedicated the things she
wrote to him during those
years but after the publishing
of " the frost king", Anagnos
blamed Helen for plagiarism
and terminated their
friendship

7. even though he had
known Helen for years,
he misunderstood her.
After the publishing of
The Story of My Life, Mr.
Anagnos wrote to the
editor that he had
supported Helen during
her investigation and
trials. but their friendship
was never restored.

8. Alexander graham bell
was a scientist, inventor
and a very close friend of
Helen.
He was a philanthropist
and was always eager to
help the deaf and blind. He
was the one who guided
Helens parents and told
them about Perkins
institute for the blind. He
was a kind hearted person
and guided Helen during
her tough times. Even
when she couldn't
understand language

9. Dr. Alexander made her
very comfortable around
him. He became her tour
guide in the world fair.
He gave her a lot of
knowledge. Helen had
very fond memories of
him. He is the kind of
friend one should have
in their life.