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HelenKeller—InHerOwnWords
• Helen Keller began writing The Story of My Life in
1902, when she was 22 years old and still a student
at Radcliffe College, the sister school of Harvard
University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Story of
My Life contains three parts. The first is Helen Keller's
autobiographical account of her life from childhood to the
beginning of her studies at Radcliffe. This chronicle
describes the transformation of Helen's life brought about
by the arrival of Anne Sullivan, her teacher and mentor,
when she succeeded in conveying to Helen the "mystery of
language." Part II contains Helen's letters to family and
friends, arranged in chronological sequence, and documents
her growth in thought and expression through her writing.
The introduction and editorial comments in this section were
contributed by John Macy, an editor of the Youth's
Companion magazine and an instructor at Harvard who
became the literary agent for Ms. Keller and editor of
many of her works. The third part, a supplementary
section, contains an account of Helen Keller's life and
education written by John Macy, based for the most part
on the records and observations of Anne Sullivan.

4. The Story of My Life first appeared as a serial of
several installments in the Ladies Home Journal in
1902 and was met with universal acclaim. In 1903 it
was published in book form by Doubleday, Page & Co.
and became a critical and commercial success.
The Story of My Life has become an enduring classic of
American literature. It was always to be the most
popular of Helen Keller's works, with numerous
editions published throughout the years. Today, the
book is available in more than 50 languages, including
most European languages, Swedish, Russian, and
Japanese, as well as Marathi, Pushtu, Tagalog, and
Vedu.

5. Summary Of Chapter15
… It interested me to see the VIKING
ship which lay short distance from the
little craft ….. How the seaman once
all in all how he sailed and too storm
and calm all alike with undaunted
heart … reechoed his cry , “ we are of
the sea “ …..

6. Summary Of
Chapter15
Helen Keller writes this chapter about the summer and
fall of 1892 and the spring of 1893. She has just
endured an episode in which a story she wrote and
published in a report of the Perkins Institution called
"The Frost King" was found to be quite similar to
another already published story. She had not
intended to plagiarize the other story, and this
incident wounded her greatly. This chapter begins in
the summer, as she returns to Alabama and attempts
to put the incident of the story behind her. Every
time she writes, she is afraid of copying a story that
she has heard and that is in her mind, but Ms.
Sullivan, her teacher, encourages Keller to write the
story of her life to date for a magazine
called Youth's Companion.

7. She even describes how much she had enjoyed the beauty of
the Niagara and how much she was seen alien due to her
defects . Keller also mentions that she attended the
inauguration of President Cleveland and details her trip in
1893 to Niagara Falls and to the World's Fair with Dr.
Alexander Graham Bell. There, she has permission to touch
the exhibits and enjoys the French bronzes. Dr. Graham
Bell goes around the fair with Keller and tells her about the
new inventions, such as the telephone and phonograph. She
feels that looking at these new inventions helps her grow
from a child who is consumed by fairy tales to a person
with an interest in the real world.
Summary Of Chapter15

8. CHARACTERS :
1. Helen Keller , very
realistic and practical ;
does not believe in
sulking
2. Anne Sullivan ,
Keller’s teacher
3. Dr.Alexander Graham
Bell , the famous
inventor
4. Higginbotham ,
Chairman of the
World’s fair

9. 1. What were the fear in Helen’s mind
when she started writing her
autobiography ?
2. How did she feel at Niagara ?
3. What did Helen find fascinating at
the world fair ?
4. In what way was the visit to the
world fair educative to Helen ?
OBSERVING ABILITY
TEST

10. Summary Of Chapter16
…. There is nothing more beautiful I
think , than the evanescent
fleeting images and sentiments
presented by a language – one is
just becoming familiar with ideas
that fit the mental sky , shaped
and tinted by capricious fancy ….

11. Without having a definite plan Helen
learns various subjects before
October 1893 . She had read the
histories of Greece , Rome and the
US . The surprising thing here was
she tried to learn and master the
French grammar in raised print from
various stories like La Fontaine’s
Fables , Le medecin Malgre Lui etc.
She even spent more time in the
improvement of her speech. Miss
Sullivan helped her a lot . The visit to
world’s fair taught her studying time
management.
Summary Of Chapter16

12. Summary Of Chapter16
In Hulton , Helen had a great
experience in learning Latin
from Mr. Irons , their
neighbour. Only with his help
, Helen read Lord Tennyson's
IN MEMORIAM from a
critical point of view. Miss
Sullivan sat beside her for
every lesson and helped her a
lot . Helen was reading
CAESAR’S GALLIC WAR ,
when she had to return home

13. CHARACTERS :
1.Helen Keller ,
very realistic
and practical ;
does not believe
in sulking
2. Anne Sullivan ,
Keller’s teacher
3. Mr. Irons

14. OBSERVING ABILITY
TEST
1. How did Helen try to learn French ?
2. How did she try to improve her
speech ?
3. Who was Mr. Irons ? What did he
teach Helen ?
4. What made Helen read boos from a
critical point of view ?

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