Question

Character sketch of Dr.Graham Bell

Answer 1

Helen’s association with Dr. Alexander Graham Bell was at the age of six in Washington in the year 1886.It was on the advice of Dr. Bell Helen’s parents  sent her to speech classes at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston which  proved to be the foundation of Helens education and life. In fact, Helen has dedicated her autobiography The Story of My Life to Dr. Bell, an inventor and a teacher of the deaf. Helen was greatly fascinated with the sympathetic and tender nature  of Dr.Bell and visited him at his home and laboratory. It was on his suggestion that Helens father wrote to Mr. Anagnos and subsequently found Miss Sullivan as a teacher. Dr. Bell accompanied Helen and Miss Sullivan on their visit to the Worlds Fair in 1893. Dr. Bell who is a wonderful and patient teacher could instill enthusiasm  in his students with his delightful explanations. Helen notes that Dr. Bell was a humourous person and a poet with unlimited love for children, especially for the deaf. Alexander Graham Bell and Helen Keller got along very well and remained  good friends.

Answer 2

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell was an inventor and a teacher of the deaf. Helen met him for the first time in Washington in the year 1886. This meeting was not only the beginning of a long friendship between Dr. Bell and Helen but it also proved to be the foundation of Helens education and life. In fact, Helen has dedicated her autobiography The Story of My Life to him. Helen mentions his sympathetic and tender nature that made her love him from her first visit itself. It was on his suggestion that Helens father wrote to Mr. Anagnos and subsequently found Miss Sullivan as a teacher.Helen and Miss Sullivan were accompanied by Dr. Bell on their visit to the Worlds Fair in 1893. Helen also visited him at his home and laboratory. He appears to be a wonderful and patient teacher who could instil enthusiasm and interest in his students through his delightful explanations. Helen notes that Dr. Bell was a humourous person and a poet as well. Another endearing quality of Dr. Bell was his love for children, particularly the deaf.