Helen Keller: A True Hero

Sullivan exemplify her perseverance through her childhood, but through her teaching of Helen as well. As Helen grew older, her frustration with her disability advanced, and she became much more difficult to control–eventually driving her parents to recruit a teacher for their six year old child. Anne Sullivan, “an inexperienced half blind Yankee schoolgirl”, as described by Mr. Keller, was enlisted to help the family, and was sent to Alabama in order to educate Helen. Anne’s task was difficult from the start, as her region of origin, the North, was greatly disliked by Southerners during this time period. On her first day working with the Kellers, her charges doubted her ability to educate Helen.

As of today, Helen Keller is remembered for being a political and social activist who use her talents to speak against women’s suffrage, U. S’s involvement in World War and most importantly help the American Foundation for the Blind. III. Helen Keller was a woman who worried endlessly to achieve everything she has accomplished. Body I. Helen Keller’s Early Years A. Ms. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. When she was born she was an average healthy baby until she reached 19 months where she grew extremely ill from

Willa Cather writes, "…Tiny Soderball was to lead the most adventurous life and achieve the most solid worldly success" (142). This quote once again expresses the theme of human spirit triumphs over adversity because Tiny was only a young hired girl at first who just wanted to help provide for her family, but later grew successfully despite the poor

This helped blind and deaf women to live regular, everyday lives as well. She showed that nothing was impossible and that you can do great things if you never give up. “Helen Keller received many honors in recognition of her accomplishments” (Bio.com Editors). Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in the small town of Tuscumbia, Alabama. Keller was born with all of her senses.

She used her success to show others that a woman could accomplish similar things once reserved for men. She may always be most remembered by her fateful disappearance over the Pacific Ocean, however, she has ultimately been known as one of the most famous pilots of all time because of her accomplishments, what she stood for in her day and the mystery of her fateful trip and disappearance. As a women’s rights activist and an active dreamer, Amelia Earhart wasn’t afraid to reach for new heights. In Amelia’s words, “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things, knows not the livid loneliness of fear nor mountain heights, where bitter joy can hear the sound of wings”

I have watched a lot of inspiring movies and I would say that Temple Grandin is the most striking. This movie revolves around a woman named, Temple Grandin, who became successful despite having limitations due to her autism. She graduated as college valedictorian and she also completed her Ph.D. Furthermore, the movie also shows the importance of moral support and understanding to the persons with autism for their consolation and feeling of relief. I commend the movie for effectively showing how a person with autism or disability like Temple Grandin could overcome her limitations and eventually become successful.

Keller learned to recognize vibration patterns to determine who was walking towards her and determine gender based on strength and body shape. She became the first blind and deaf person to obtain their bachelor’s degree and was very politically active. She gave motivational speeches and is the most well known deaf and blind person to this day. Even though Keller was not able to see or hear almost all of her life, she broke barriers and inspired thousands. Keller is a prime example of how dealing with challenges does not weaken one’s self, but allow them to

Such helpfulness was found in her, —so much power to do, and power to sympathize, —that many people refused to interpret the scarlet A by its original signification. They said that it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman 's strength.” (13.3) Instead of letting this letter define her mistake she took it upon herself to remain strong and keep her head high, not only for her but for her daughter. By turning her head away from the negativity and making sure she set an example of resilience, Pearl would grow up to understand the large strength it took for her mother to stand

Rumors went on and Lauren Slater the author of Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychology Experiments of the Twentieth Century, said that because of Skinner’s baby crib his daughter Deborah killed herself. Which was a false rumor but lots of rumors said she went crazy even when she was very young. Deborah even wrote that she was not a lab rat for her dad and she didn’t sue him ever. http://www.skeptically.org/skinner/id6.html He went back to Harvard as a professor in 1948. He continued teaching until he retired in 1974 but even after he retired he was still inventing and researching.

Hellen Keller overcame her disabilities to become a great author and a lead example to all people with disabilities to show that nothing is impossible. Having no way to communicate or see my surroundings is impossible to imagine and is a great obstacle to overcome especially more than 100 years ago. I would imagine that my life would be completely different with two major disabilities such as Hellen Keller and would be very difficult without a great teacher like Anne Sullivan. I would feel trapped if I were to lose my ability to use language later in life and would not know what to do. I would not be able to talk, see, read or write and that leaves me with no form of communication.