any important question in helen keller
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Make sure that you should know all the characters sketch
Helen Keller
Anne Sullivan
Alexander bell
Gilman
Anagnos ..
Make sure that you all know the situations and difficulties faced by Helen..
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What does Helen mean by the term tree friend? What special bond she shares with them?
Helen loved spending time in the countryside. Since her early childhood Helen had been quite close to nature. Before the advent of her angelic teacher, Miss Sullivan in her life, nature was her sole solace. Helen loved to be in company of nature. She had many tree-friends. One of them was a colossal oak. She often visited the spot where it stood majestically with her friends. It was believed it was thousand years old.
Helen had another tree friend. It was an ordinary tree. One afternoon, a thunderstorm felled it. Helen felt very sad to feel her friend fallen on the ground.
What was the Frost King incident? How did it influence Helen?
The controversy concerning 'The Frost King' was an agonizing experience in Helen's life. Helen was charged with plagiarism. It was said that Helen had copied her story The Frost King from 'Frost Fairies', by Miss Margaret T. Cabby. Even Mr. Anagnos, the director of Perkins Institute doubted Helen. Mr. Anagnos's behaviour towards Helen was not justified. In spite of initial sympathy with her and believing her side of the situation, he changed his stance. The night before the celebration of Washington's birthday, one of the teachers of Perkins Institute talked to Helen regarding "The Frost King". Helen told her that Miss Sullivan had narrated her the story about Jack Frost and her wonderful works. Something she said made the teacher think she was confessing that she had copied her plot from Miss Canby's story of 'The Frost Fairies'. She conveyed her conclusions to Mr. Anagnos who thought he had been deceived by Helen. He also began suspecting Helen and Miss Sullivan had stolen the story.
What difficulties did Helen face at Gilman school?
Helen entered Cambridge School for Young Ladies in October, 1896 to prepare for Radcliffe College. When Helen began her second year at the school, she was full of hope and determination to succeed. But during the first few weeks she had to cope with many difficulties while studying. She found it hard to keep pace with the syllabus being taught at the school. Mr. Gilman, the Principal had agreed that that year she should study mathematics principally. I had physics, algebra, geometry, astronomy, Greek and Latin. The first difficulty was she did not have the proper apparatus to carry on her academic studies. The classes she was in were very large, and it was impossible for the teachers to give her special instruction. Miss Sullivan was obliged to read all the books to her, and interpret for the instructors, and for the first time in eleven years it seemed as if her dear hand would not be equal to the task.
Seeing the difficulties Helen was facing, Mr. Gillman began to remonstrate with Miss Sullivan on the ground that she was working too hard, and in spite of her earnest protestations, he reduced the number of Helen’s recitations. At the beginning he had agreed that she should, if required, take five years to prepare for college, but at the end of the first year the success of her examinations showed Miss Sullivan and Miss Harbaugh (Mr. Gilman's head teacher), that Helen could easily complete her preparation in two years more.
Finally Mr. Gillman declared that Helen was facing lots of difficulties and made changes in her studies which would have made it impossible for Helen to take her final examinations with his class. In the end the difference of opinion between Mr. Gilman and Miss Sullivan resulted in her mother's withdrawing her sister Mildred and Helen from the Cambridge school.