Question

"And even now i sometimes feel the same uneasiness and disquietude". What does this line refer to. Now Helen was meticulously careful about everything that she wrote. Explain

Answer 1

Helen Keller was an American author, who was both blind and deaf, due to a childhood illness. She had written many books, with the help of a companion.

Explanation

The First part of question

One of her works titled The frost king wrote in 1891, was criticized of plagiarism. This affected Helen very much as she was only 11 when she wrote the book.

She was greatly depressed and it took her a while to return to normal. Even then, at times she was troubled very much by the criticism, which was expressed in her words "And even now I sometimes feel the same uneasiness and disquietude".

The Second part of question

Now Helen was meticulously careful about everything that she wrote.

After her recovery from depression, Helen started writing again. But she was very careful with everything she wrote, as she did not want to be criticized again. She made sure that her work was unique and not an expression of her forgotten memory.  

Answer 2

These lines are from Chapter 15 of The Story of My Life, written by Helen Keller. In these lines she describes one of her most agonizing experiences. She became involved in a controversy. This controversy is known as the controversy of 'The Frost King'. Helen was charged with plagiarism. It was said that Helen, with the help of Miss Sullivan, had copied the theme of her story from 'Frost Fairies', by Miss Margaret T. Cabby. Even Mr. Anagnos, the director of Perkins Institute doubted Helen.

After the incident Helen started doubting her thoughts. She lost confidence in her thought process and shuddered to write anything. She began believing every thought she thought could be any writer’s thought who she might have read in the past. However, Miss Sullivan stood by her and helped her reclaim her lost confidence. She encouraged her to write for the Youth's Companion a brief account of her life. Gradually, Helen came out the shadows of the sad experience of the Frost King episode.