Question

describe the early life of Helen Keller before she became blind and deaf. what does she remember of it

Answer 1

An older Helen Keller describes her memories of early childhood as a “few impressions [that] stand out vividly from the first years of my life” .  She lived in a “tiny house consisting of a large square room and a small one, in which the servant slept.”  She lived with her father, Captain Keller, and her mother, on the family homestead.  She describes her childhood idyllically.

For Helen, the illness happened very early in her childhood.  She was only 19 months old when she was taken with the illness that cost her sight and hearing.  After that, she entered a prison of darkness that was only relieved by senses of touch and smell.  She lived this way until Anne Sullivan came to teach her language.  She was intelligent enough that it did not take long for her to catch on to words and eventually write her autobiography.