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1."It would be a blessing if each human being was stricken blind and deaf for a few days
at some time during his adult life." says Helen. What makes her thinkso ?

Answer 1

I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being was stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight, silence would teach him the joy of sound. Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I asked a friend, who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, what she has observed. "Nothing in particular," she replied. How was it possible I asked myself to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note. I, who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch or the rough, shaggy bark of a pine. In spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud, the first sign of awakening nature after her winter's sleep. Occasionally if I am fortunate & place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song. At times my heart cries out with longing to see all these things. If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight. And I have imagined what I should must like to see if I were given the use of my eyes, say, just for three days. I should divide the period into three parts. On the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. First I would like to gaze upon the face of my dear teacher, Mr. Anne Sullivan Macy. She came to see me when I was a child. She opened the other world for me

Answer 2

Answer:

As in the passage it can be seen that when Helen asked one of her friend that what she saw in the wood she replied "Nothing in particular". Helen thinks that it would be a blessing if each human being was stricken blind and deaf for few days at some time during adult lives because that's the only way when we human beings can feel our surroundings. That's the only way when we can understand what's happening in our surroundings. Because when our other senses like eyes or ear are not working then our skin cells are activitated and we can feel our surroundings

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