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Helen was quite bitter to discover that the horse shoe crab had vanished, but was soon happy that he had returned to the sea. What does this reveal about Helen's character ?
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Draw a character-sketch of Martha Washington.
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Draw a pen portrait of Mrs. Van Daan.
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Which incident proved that Dussel was an eccentric and stubborn person ? Give examples from the text.
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Helen was a great lover of animals. During her stay at Brewstar, Miss Sullivan attracted her attention towards a great horse shoe crab. She wanted to have him as her pet. So she seized him by the tail with both her hands and carried him home. With the help of Ms. Sullivan, she put him in a trough to keep him secure. But the next morning, they found him missing. Helen was quite bitter and disappointed to discover that horse shoe crab had vanished. But later she felt that it was good as perhaps he had returned to the sea to which he belonged. She felt that it was wrong on her part to keep him away from the sea.
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Martha Washington was the daughter of the cook who helped Helen Keller's mother. She was a coloured girl. Since both of them were of the same age group, they could always be seen together. In other words, she was Helen's constant companion. Though she was a child, yet she could very well understand Helen's sign language whenever Helen went out to play, Martha was always by her side. But Helen always dominated her. Martha had a great love for mischief. She used to egg hunting for the guinea fowl eggs in the long grass with Helen. Martha used to spend a lot of time with Helen in the kitchen kneading dough balls, helping her in making ice-cream, grinding coffee, quarrelling over the cake-bowl and not to forget, feeding the hens and turkeys that swarmed about the kitchen steps. The sheds for storing corn and stables were sources of interest to Martha. In fact, she was a mischievous girl who submitted to Helen's mischiefs most of the time.
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Mr. Van Daan was a friendly teasing woman. She was a fatalist, egotistical flirtatious, and disagreeable women. She quarrelled over petty issues and nobody in the annexe got along well with her. Mrs. Van Daan frequently complained that Anne didn't admire or respect her. She was a timid lady who got frightened at the slightest noise. She didn't behave well with Mrs. Frank Mr. Dussel and even Peter. She was always ready to pick fight. On September 2, 1942 she had a quarrel with Mrs. Frank as she had found out that the Franks were using her China instead of their own. She got annoyed with Anne when she broke one of her soup bowls. All these incidents point towards Mrs. Van Daan being short tempered. Whenever she picked up a row with anyone, it was only Mrs. Van Daan who came out as a winner because she seemed a 'born debater' to Anne. In the later stage of her hiding, she became uncomfortable during her hiding and gave vent to her feeling by frequently hitting others with her speech. Mrs. Van Daan did not survive the war like all others.
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Alfred Dussel was a dentist and an acquaintance of the Franks who hid with them in the Annexe. He shared a room with Anne, who suffered the brunt of his odd personal hygiene habits, pedantic lectures, and controlling tendencies. Mr. Dussel's wife was a Christian, so she did not go into hiding, and he was separated from her. He never cared for the feelings of others and turned out to be an irresponsible person. The other residents of the Annexe found him to be a selfish man who never bothered to care about others. He was always confined to himself. The people of the Annexe had grown a dislike towards him. Anne also disliked him for his self-centred nature. He was an irresponsible man as he disobeyed the restrictions posed on the residents due to the war. He died in a concentration camp in December 1944.
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Martha Washington was the daughter of the cook who helped Helen Keller's mother. She was a coloured girl. Since both of them were of the same age group, they could always be seen together. In other words, she was Helen's constant companion. Though she was a child, yet she could very well understand Helen's sign language whenever Helen went out to play, Martha was always by her side. But Helen always dominated her. Martha had a great love for mischief. She used to egg hunting for the guinea fowl eggs in the long grass with Helen. Martha used to spend a lot of time with Helen in the kitchen kneading dough balls, helping her in making ice-cream, grinding coffee, quarrelling over the cake-bowl and not to forget, feeding the hens and turkeys that swarmed about the kitchen steps. The sheds for storing corn and stables were sources of interest to Martha. In fact, she was a mischievous girl who submitted to Helen's mischiefs most of the time.
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Mr. Van Daan was a friendly teasing woman. She was a fatalist, egotistical flirtatious, and disagreeable women. She quarrelled over petty issues and nobody in the annexe got along well with her. Mrs. Van Daan frequently complained that Anne didn't admire or respect her. She was a timid lady who got frightened at the slightest noise. She didn't behave well with Mrs. Frank Mr. Dussel and even Peter. She was always ready to pick fight. On September 2, 1942 she had a quarrel with Mrs. Frank as she had found out that the Franks were using her China instead of their own. She got annoyed with Anne when she broke one of her soup bowls. All these incidents point towards Mrs. Van Daan being short tempered. Whenever she picked up a row with anyone, it was only Mrs. Van Daan who came out as a winner because she seemed a 'born debater' to Anne. In the later stage of her hiding, she became uncomfortable during her hiding and gave vent to her feeling by frequently hitting others with her speech. Mrs. Van Daan did not survive the war like all others.
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Alfred Dussel was a dentist and an acquaintance of the Franks who hid with them in the Annexe. He shared a room with Anne, who suffered the brunt of his odd personal hygiene habits, pedantic lectures, and controlling tendencies. Mr. Dussel's wife was a Christian, so she did not go into hiding, and he was separated from her. He never cared for the feelings of others and turned out to be an irresponsible person. The other residents of the Annexe found him to be a selfish man who never bothered to care about others. He was always confined to himself. The people of the Annexe had grown a dislike towards him. Anne also disliked him for his self-centred nature. He was an irresponsible man as he disobeyed the restrictions posed on the residents due to the war. He died in a concentration camp in December 1944.
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