Question

Attempt a character sketch of Mr. Anagnos in 200 - 250 words.

Answer 1

Michael Anagnos worked at the Perkins Institution for the Blind as the director. He was born in Greece, but later immigrated to the United States.  He spoke both Greek and English.  He was tall in stature.  Mr. Anagnos helped Helen Keller's father find a suitable teacher for her.  He found Anne Sullivan, a teacher who also had suffered from vision loss.  He arranged for her to go to Alabama to help young Helen.  Later, Helen attended the Perkins Insitution for a period of four years.  While there, she became a dear friend of Mr. Anagnos.  It was also during that time that her close friendship with Mr. Anagnos  began to deteriorate.  Helen wrote a short story which she later found out closely resembled another published work.  Accused of purposefully plagiarizing, Helen found out that Mr. Anagnos was deeply disappointed in her.  He was a man whose trust could not be regained if lost.

Answer 2

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Answer : Mr. Anagnos was the director of the Perkins Institution in Boston. He was instrumental in sending Miss Sullivan to Helen’s house to teach her. He had quite a soft corner for Helen. However, differences grew in their relation 1892 with the Frost King episode. 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 the theme of her story 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 that Helen and Miss Sullivan had stolen the story.

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