can any one give a character sketch of Mr Gilman in the life of Helen Keller and Dr Graham bell
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He is introduced as the Principal of the Cambridge School for Young Ladies, which prepares ladies for entering Radcliffe College. Gilman comes across a person who was sincerely interested in ensuring that all his students succeeded. This is shown by his learning the manual alphabet to enable him to instruct Helen personally in English Literature.
He was very helpful and assisted Helen in preliminary examination, which was not possible to be carried out by Miss Sullivan. Helen mentions that the help he gave was very much responsible for her higher credits. Further, he also appears to be a bit too overpowering and serious about his students. During the second year he feels that Helen is overburdened and may not succeed in the entrance examination for Radcliffe College, and so he reduces her study duration and extends her stay at Cambridge. Unfortunately, this led to Helen leaving Cambridge. This may also seem as a possessive side to his nature, but we cannot deny the humanitarian that resided in his heart.